Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Skid Row , by - Smokey Robinson. Song from the album Double Good Everything, in the genre ПопRelease date: 31.12.2009
Record label: Capitol
Song language: English
Skid Row |
| Clerks at the hotels don’t take a chance |
| Rooms for three dollars pay in advance |
| Sleep on a mattress, you might get a sheet |
| But you’d be surprised at the people you meet |
| Telling their tales of trouble and woe |
| 'Bout how they got down here to skid row |
| Minnie the moocher begging for dimes |
| Her life has fallen on difficult times |
| She was a teacher, got strung out on crack |
| Went out so far 'til she never got back |
| When she started teaching, she didn’t know |
| 'Bout the school of hard knocks down on skid row |
| Willie the wino, now ain’t it a shame |
| Sleeping in doorways, he don’t know his name |
| Was a surgical doctor, the top of his class |
| 'Til he started finding his nerve in a glass |
| A little nip now and then began to grow and grow |
| He’s a missing physician on skid row |
| Skid row, anywhere USA |
| You can find them there |
| Lost sheep who have gone astray |
| We gotta lift them up in prayer |
| Oh… |
| Ooh… |
| Larry and Lisa, three kids and all |
| Nowhere to go and no one to call |
| Larry was working, he was laid off |
| Lived in a house that wasn’t paid off |
| Went into foreclosure and they had to go |
| Now they live on the streets down on skid row |
| Well, well, skid row, anywhere USA |
| You can find them there |
| The numbers growing higher everyday |
| We gotta show them somebody cares |
| Well, skid row, anywhere USA |
| You can find them there |
| Lost sheep who have gone astray |
| We gotta lift them up in prayer… |