Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Washington Street, artist - Laurie Anderson. Album song Life on a String, in the genre Date of issue: 19.08.2001
Record label: Nonesuch
Song language: English
Washington Street |
| It’s midnight downtown. |
| It’s been raining for days |
| Rain beats down |
| It covers the streets with its sparkling skin |
| In the deli purple light |
| A woman in a party dress pays for some milk |
| Yellow cab stops for a light |
| Two men in black hats are running |
| A messenger on a bike |
| Pile drivers pounding. |
| They’ve set up some lights |
| They’re digging a hole. |
| It’s filling up with black water |
| Rainy days. |
| Rainy nights |
| Steam rises, covers the city |
| Pieces of old newspaper float like paper boats |
| They slide along the rushing water in the gutter |
| Rainy days. |
| Rainy nights |
| Rain falls down and covers the city |
| It falls from fabulous heights |
| Covers the streets with its sparkling skin |
| And over on Jane street they’re shooting that movie again |
| They just can’t seem to get it right |
| Behind a warehouse in a burned out building |
| A man is sleeping in a cardboard box on a pile of salt |
| Rainy days. |
| Rainy nights |
| Rain falls down and covers the city |
| It falls from fabulous heights |
| Covers the streets with its sparkling skin |
| A man on a park bench |
| He sits in the pouring rain |