
Date of issue: 04.08.2012
Record label: The Magnolia Label
Song language: English
Philadelphia Boy |
Across the old Delaware I fell apart |
In the city of brotherly love |
And the winter bit hard through the holes in my jacket |
And my thoughts lean toward giving up |
See, I’ve been a wanderer and it’s been some time |
Since I’ve found somewhere I could belong |
‘Til a cold wind on Walnut Street whistled in the trees |
And it sounded to me like a song |
Said: «when you’re down and you’re out |
And don’t remember the feeling of joy |
You can lean on me, brother |
I won’t let you fall |
Not while I’m a Philadelphia boy |
Oh Lord, not while I’m a Philadelphia boy» |
I took a walk through the city |
I bumped shoulders with strangers |
The sinners, the saints and the thieves |
I looked in faces befitting a cynical age |
But we so desperately want to believe |
And when I needed a doctor and a brother and a friend |
Turn out I wasn’t so far from my home |
‘Cause sweet Philadelphia opened her arms |
Took me in like I was one of her own |
Said: «when you’re down and you’re out |
And don’t remember the feeling of joy |
You can lean on me, brother |
I won’t let you fall |
Not while I’m a Philadelphia boy |
Oh Lord, not while I’m a Philadelphia boy» |
Just a rounder in need of a home |
And a brother who won’t let me go |
Benny Franklin’s an old friend you know |
It’s not just some face on a hundred dollar bill |
He’s my old Philadelphia boy |
Oh Lord, he’s a good old Philadelphia boy |
No I wasn’t raised Christian |
Oh but I was raised good |
I never looked to no heavens above |
But my wretched old soul is in safe hands tonight |
In the city of brotherly love |
So I’ll be out for a slice at Lorenzo’s tonight |
With a poker chip tight in my hand |
If you need a ride I’ll be parked right outside |
If you need a brother — well I’m your man |
‘Cause when you’re down and you’re out |
And don’t remember the feeling of joy |
You can lean on me, brother |
I won’t let you fall |
Not while I’m a Philadelphia boy |
Oh Lord, not while I’m a Philadelphia boy |
Oh Lord, not while I’m a Philadelphia boy |
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St. Peter | 2007 |
Hurricane | 2009 |
Throwaway | 2013 |
Nobody Tells Me What to Do | 2007 |
Isn't It Strange? | 2013 |
...And So You Fell | 2007 |
The Ballad of Miss Lily | 2012 |
Pour a Little Poison | 2013 |
This Is Not Desire | 2005 |
She's Not The One | 2010 |
This Will All Count for Nothing | 2014 |
Call To Arms | 2010 |
Laughing Aloud | 2005 |
Song for the Road | 2007 |
To Hell With The World | 2010 |
Katie | 2005 |
Train | 2007 |
Decimate | 2006 |
Surfin' Guantanamo Bay | 2010 |
Every Time | 2012 |