Lyrics

Philadelphia Coming Through
alternate title: Streets of Philadelphia

William J Kopelman aka Bill Kay aka BILK(tm) aka Dogs Run Free Productions
[basic chord pattern Ccccffgg]

aint nuthin I could say or do ya
philadelphia cu-min-thu now (2x)

I like cruzin around town
hangin with friends, kickin in around now
jus hangin out...feelin nice
makin love down at fairmount park
stir it up! Baby try an love more
ridin round on a junked out skateboard
I was down but thats enough about round my way
how much longer can you be Im free today

yeah I know theres problems but there's nothing we can do about it
add up the bodies an they throw em in the morgue
I grab the kids by the leashes of their I-pods
rip out the ear buds and scream I've saved you from the borg

Away away beyond the Streets of Philadelphia
a motorcycle revs its engine in the rain.
At least I tried to find the Beats in Philadelphia
and if I dont still have no reason to complain

the other day I stood by Logan Square
watching the raindrops makin circles on the ground
everybody's got a way to get out of here
we only doin time until we get around.


these are the days nothin turn out like we planned it
these are the ways consciousness becomes expanded
(even kerouac had to come down from the mtn)
(you alter consciousness by singin in a fountain)
you wont get more from life unless you go demand it
the world is yours if you can only understand it..(Gm...G)

Away away beyone the streets of philadelphia
a motorcycle revs its engine in the rain.
I shouldnt stay here its not good for the health a you
oh hell ill take another cheesesteak all the way.

These are the seeds that grow the plants of desperation
and if the crops should fail then who would bear the blame...
this is way better than some virtual reality
ill just close my eyes and imagine there's no pain.

Philly boys they ride their fixis stripped down basic
handles cut down an those links of heavy chain
the fly like valkry through the darkness of the city
redefining freedom and I see but I abstain

tried to start a mob jam down on south street
cops said no way they got it locked down tight
I didnt know peace could be so dangerous
I wasn't exactly lookin fer a fight

philly kids they got rock and roll in their bloodstream
tatoos and scars that tell the story sweet and plain.
They die to tell you who more really from the street
and can show exactly where the street runs down the drain

I know a guy he killed a rat with a skate board
I killed one on my bike an it was way bad enough
extrapolate the violence an the hate that humans do
an think why does the world have to be so tough

[break]
C
I stood on croche's grave
F
I sang dont mess with jim
C F G
I doubt you'll get that line you probly wont remember him

away away beyond the streets of philadelphia
I never knew was it something that she said
I need a way just to get through philadelphia
the other side of me imagines that its dead

away away beyond the streets of philadelphia
a motorcycle cartwheels empty in the rain
I never meant to hit concrete in philadelphia
but if you'd lived like I did how could you complain..

I never meant to scrape concrete in philadelphia
there are momemts when between seconds coincide
I simply failed to find the beat in philadelphia
but at least you'd say I had a pretty damn good ride

away away beyond the streets of philadelphia
a mandolin is playing "tu-pac" in the rain
sometimes standin tall is all you really can do
just pretendin that you can't feel the pain

these are the days nuthin turns out like we planned it
these are the ways my consciousness becomes expanded
you wont get more from life unless you go demand it
What the f im goin to disneyland

outro/fade
aint nuthin I could say or do ya...philadelphia comin through ya.....