Basing Street chords by Nick Lowe
Verse 1
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It's an ugly sight by
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the police light
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But lonely now as the innocents
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leave in twos and threes
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Cop straightens up,
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wiping blood off his hand
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It says,
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Christ above, that's the worst I've
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seen in more than seven days
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Somebody says, I think I remember him,
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used to see him hanging around
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But it's hard to be sure,
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looking at him now
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Whose hand made the
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boy suffer and bleed
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Who did the deed on
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Basin
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Street
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It's 429 an d out on the airwaves
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Late night
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DJ plays for the lost and lonely
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in the late night waves
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Poppin' pills
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washed down with coffee
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with a little coffee blows
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Cigarette ash
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off the late news flash
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The world is waiting for him now
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In the palm of his hand,
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he leans to ward the microphone and says,
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We interrupt this program,
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but out there in radio land,
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They're all asleep
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As the fireman hoes down
Basing
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Street
Basing Street
NICK LOWE
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