Lyrics Richard Marx

Richard Marx

Streets of Pain

She's still another party blonde who has always had her way

Now just another hanger on with a faded resume

He's gonna be a leading man in the Gary Cooper mold

Now workin' at a pretzel stand but it's him that's gettin' sold

Big dreamer gonna take the town but she's runnin' out of time

Still singin' at a sleazy lounge to a house of drooling swine

Self satisfied narcissist with a body like a God

He's thinking that's all there is but I don't want that job

Streets of pain, oh, they don't hear the cryin'

Streets of pain never felt the tears

Streets of pain, oh, they just keep on lyin'

Get it through your head 'cause some things never change

Won't it finally be obvious that there's very little chance?

Can't they see it's a Greyhound bus and not their handsome prince?

Isn't anybody satisfied with the average girl next door?

Does she have to be glamorized so the world will love her more?

Streets of pain, sinkin' like a rock in a river

Streets of pain never felt so cold, yeah

Streets of pain lower than a snake can slither

Not to mention all the stories never told

Pretty girl becomes a socialite, standin' in somebody else's light

Anything can happen late at night, in the morning she'll be out of sight

Made a million on a lucky streak, threw it all away as foolishly

One of many comic tragedies, what else can there be?

So you better get on the road to the desolation station

And you better bring all you own, it's a permanent vacation

We're waitin' here with open arms but it isn't what it seems

Just looking for the boulevard on the trail of broken dreams

Streets of pain, oh, they don't hear the cryin'

Streets of pain never felt the tears

Streets of pain, oh, they just keep on lyin'

Get it through your head 'cause some things never change

Streets of pain, sinkin' like a rock in a river

Streets of pain never felt so cold

Streets of pain lower than a snake can slither

Not to mention all the stories never told

Streets of pain, streets of pain

Streets of pain

Streets of pain, streets of pain

Streets of pain