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19-NOV-2008

Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty

Baker Street Station, London

An entry for the November Song, Poem, Proverb challenge - more #here#



Winding your way down on baker street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day, you'll drink the night away
And forget about everything

This city desert makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long to find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything

You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're tryin', you're tryin' now
Another year and then you'd be happy
Just one more year and then you'd be happy
But you're cryin', you're cryin' now

Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been, you tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything

He's got this dream about buyin' some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands
And then he'll settle down, in some quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know he'll always keep movin'
You know he's never gonna stop movin'
Cause he's rollin', he's the rollin' stone
And when you wake up it's a new morning
The sun is shining, it's a new morning
But you're going, you're going home

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Susan Leigh22-Nov-2008 21:18
Nice portrait, great treatment..love the song and the place..was there 2006, loved it!
Dan Chusid22-Nov-2008 10:10
When do you take over the Prime Minister's duties?
Karen Stuebing21-Nov-2008 13:29
Great SP for the song. Love the post processing. V.
joanteno20-Nov-2008 20:27
Love this song growing up! GREAT entry!
Barbara Heide20-Nov-2008 20:14
You have changed jobs again, Sir JW?
Guest 20-Nov-2008 19:22
Superb image. Like the treatment.
Guest 20-Nov-2008 07:44
Nice sign...but who's the chap sitting in front of it? :-)
Cindi Smith20-Nov-2008 05:30
Okay, you can delete two of the below and this one....geez, I guess my trigger finger got carried away!
Cindi Smith20-Nov-2008 05:29
As soon as I saw the street name I knew the song! Great find and great song to go with it.....haven't heard that in a while. Need to go thru some of my old music more often!
Robin Reid20-Nov-2008 04:32
Great song. And you are a handsome dude. However I suspect you pasted it in from another source?
Inga Morozoff20-Nov-2008 02:05
One of my all time favorite songs.
Thanks so much for digging it up and sharing.
wernere0120-Nov-2008 01:32
Great old song from the late seventies and a clever entry.
Nick Powell19-Nov-2008 23:23
Great entry!
J. Scott Coile19-Nov-2008 23:01
One of my favorite songs from the seventies!
Guest 19-Nov-2008 22:51
Doh! Ray beat me to a Bob Holness comment......
Maaike Huizer19-Nov-2008 22:31
Excellent pairing and axcelent music
Mairéad19-Nov-2008 22:12
Nice SP and a great choice of song.
Sue Roberts19-Nov-2008 22:10
love that song
Lee Rudd19-Nov-2008 22:07
Sherlock Holmes I presume?
Ray :)19-Nov-2008 22:02
Just shows how great a saxophonist Bob Holness was....
Máire Uí Mhaicín19-Nov-2008 21:53
This is a great entry for the November theme. And you took it with your mobile phone too! Well done indeed and very intriguing processing.
Bob Floyd19-Nov-2008 21:53
Love Gerry! He rocks. Nicely seen, JW.
Phillip Normanton19-Nov-2008 21:53
JW on-location, fab!
beverley harrison19-Nov-2008 21:50
excellent idea jw!!
Nicki Thurgar19-Nov-2008 21:43
Ah... I'm singing it now...thanks for the memories!
Ann...19-Nov-2008 21:41
Oh! what a "blast from the past"!!!! How I love this song.
Johnny JAG19-Nov-2008 21:37
I can hear the saxophone now!
Zak19-Nov-2008 21:37
where's your sax? ;-)