One Way Street

We loved you like a brother, boy, we loved you like a son

So young and wild and handsome, so reckless, so dumb

You diced with the devil and you never met defeat

Until you drove the wrong way up a one-way street

You somehow passed your driving test when you were 17

You bought a beat-up trail bike and tweaked it till it screamed

You dragged us to the business park to see your maiden run

That fatal foggy Sunday when you planned to do the ton

I've roamed the roads and motorways

The highways great and small

The B roads and the C roads

Why, I've driven down them all

One place you'll never find me though

As long as I can breathe

Is driving the wrong way up a one-way street

Your carburetor deafened us as down the road you sped

And roared towards the warning signs 200 yards ahead

You gave us all a thumbs-up as you hit your target speed

And disappeared the wrong way up a one-way street

Now even as a toddler your never would be told

You always went your own way because that's the way you rolled

We heard you hit the tanker as it swerved into a tree

Far in the foggy distance up that one-way street

I've roamed the roads and motorways

The highways great and small

The B roads and the C roads

Why, I've driven down them all

One place you'll never find me though

As long as I can breathe

Is driving the wrong way up a one-way street

You girls and boys of every land, come listen to my song

The fact that someone's older doesn't always make them wrong

Be kind to one another, don't forget to brush you teeth

And never drive the wrong way up a one-way street

I've roamed the roads and motorways

The highways great and small

The B roads and the C roads

Why, I've driven down them all

One place you'll never find me though

As long as I can breathe

Is driving the wrong way up a one-way street