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At night I walk this stinkin' street past the crazies on my block
And I see the same old faces and I hear that same old talk
And I'm searching for the latest thing, a break in this routine
I'm talkin' some new kicks, ones like you ain't never seen
This is home, this is Mean Street
(This is) Yes-ah home, the only one I know
An' we don't worry 'bout tomorrow 'cause we're sick of these four walls
Now what you think is nothin' might be somethin' after all
Now you know this ain't no through street, the end is dead ahead
The poor folks play for keeps down here, they're the living dead
Come on down, (Huh! Ow!) down (This is) to Mean Street
They're dancin' now, look! Out on Mean Street
Dance baby!
(Guitar Solo)
It's always here and now my friend, it ain't once upon a time
It's all over but the shouting, I come to take what's mine
We're searchin' for the latest thing, a break in this routine
Talkin' some new kicks, ones like you ain't never seen
This is home, (Ooh) this is Mean Street
(This is) Yes-ah home, only one I know
(This is home) See, a gun is real easy
(This is Mean Street) in this desperate part of town
(This is home) Turns you from hunted into hunter (Yeah)
(This is Mean Street) You go an' hunt somebody down
Wait a minute, ah (This is home) Somebody said "Fair warning", Lord
(This is Mean Street) Lord, strike that poor boy down!
And I see the same old faces and I hear that same old talk
And I'm searching for the latest thing, a break in this routine
I'm talkin' some new kicks, ones like you ain't never seen
This is home, this is Mean Street
(This is) Yes-ah home, the only one I know
An' we don't worry 'bout tomorrow 'cause we're sick of these four walls
Now what you think is nothin' might be somethin' after all
Now you know this ain't no through street, the end is dead ahead
The poor folks play for keeps down here, they're the living dead
Come on down, (Huh! Ow!) down (This is) to Mean Street
They're dancin' now, look! Out on Mean Street
Dance baby!
(Guitar Solo)
It's always here and now my friend, it ain't once upon a time
It's all over but the shouting, I come to take what's mine
We're searchin' for the latest thing, a break in this routine
Talkin' some new kicks, ones like you ain't never seen
This is home, (Ooh) this is Mean Street
(This is) Yes-ah home, only one I know
(This is home) See, a gun is real easy
(This is Mean Street) in this desperate part of town
(This is home) Turns you from hunted into hunter (Yeah)
(This is Mean Street) You go an' hunt somebody down
Wait a minute, ah (This is home) Somebody said "Fair warning", Lord
(This is Mean Street) Lord, strike that poor boy down!
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Track duration: 05:01
"Mean Street" as written by Edward Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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"At night I walk this stinkin' street past the crazies on my block"
"And I see the same old faces and I hear that same old talk"
Since when can rich people not be crazy, or talk about the same thing? A lot of rich people can be quite boring people.
"And I'm searching for the latest thing, a break in this routine"
"I'm talkin' some new kicks, ones like you ain't never seen"
I'm going to say that means that he has a boring routine, and wants to find a way to break it, new "kicks" being the way he probably will do it. I guess "kicks" would be shoes, but maybe it has some other meaning I'm missing.
"An' we don't worry 'bout tomorrow 'cause we're sick of these for walls"
Once again, he's bored with the same routine
"Now what you think is nothin' might be somethin' after all"
It's possible to make something out of nothing.
"Now you know this ain't no through street, the end is dead ahead"
A lot of rich communities are on dead end streets, I don't know why this is significant.
"The poor folks play for keeps down here, they're the living dead"
I'm guessing this has something to do with rich people not caring for poor people, and how they treat them like zombies.
The chorus, I have no real interpretation for...I don't see a big significance with dancing on this street.
"It's always here and now my friend, it ain't once upon a time"
Something to do with the present.
"It's all over but the shouting, I come to take what's mine"
Could have something to do with rich people being very territorial about their stuff.
"See, a gun is real easy in this desperate part of town. Turns you from hunted into hunter. You go an' hunt somebody down."
I'm going to guess this has nothing to do with poor people killing eachother. It's about getting a gun pretty easily because they trust you, probably because you have a lot of money. Rich people can be desperate to get more and more money, so maybe shooting someone (for insurance money maybe) would be something.
"Somebody said 'Fair Warning', Lord, Lord strike that poor boy down!"
Survival of the fittest, market economy, etc etc.
That's my interpretation if the song was actually about DLR's actual life. Heck, these people could be middle class, but the idea that "Mean Street" automatically means poor, that's probably not what's going on here. Most people don't make songs that don't have to do with their lives, and DLR isn't any different.
amazing!!!
2) the poor folks play for keeps theyre the living dead, so poor folks arent people now?