The Bland - Strangers On The Side Of The Street

      The Bland - Strangers on the side of the street

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Over bridges we rode and by the fifth one we stopped
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A street hearing nothing but streams from the silent canal
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But a sound rung out when we stumbled to the ground and we dropped
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The double bass we adopted from our old friend Hal


[Chorus]
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We're strangers on the side of the street
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Crying out
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Strangers throw a glimpse our way
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and we will shout for you, crying out for you


[Verse 2]
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Our sleepless feet took us walking on the road into town
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The people pointed and smiled and the drunk men said hi
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The weight hanging on our shoulders wouldn't lower us down
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And the screetches and screams from the cars felt like birds singing by


[Chorus]
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We're strangers on the side of the street
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Crying out
  E                  A         E
Strangers throw a glimpse our way
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and we will shout for you, crying out for you


[Bridge]
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And the sad ones told us you won't make it here
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The uniforms will take you down, mark my words


[Verse 3]
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The central square was our goal and we sat on the ground
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A street artist came our way and made our spirits go down
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He said we don't want you here, your not from around
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We smiled and said give us a chance and we played our sounds


[Chorus]
  E                     A            E
We're strangers on the side of the street
  E     B
Crying out
  E                  A         E
Strangers throw a glimpse our way
  E           B        A           B       E
and we will shout for you, crying out for you


[Outro]
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