Mainstreet
Bob Seger
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Verse:
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I remember standing on the corner at midnight,
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Tryin’ to get my courage up
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There was this long, lovely dancer in a little club downtown
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I loved to watch her do her stuff
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Through the long, lonely nights, she filled my sleep,
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Her body softly swayin’ to that smoky beat
Chorus (w/riff):
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Down on Mainstreet
Down on Mainstreet
In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers,
I used to watch ‘em through the glass
Well I’d stand outside at closing time
Just to watch her walk on past
Unlike all the other ladies, she looked so young and sweet
As she made her way alone down that empty street
Down on Mainstreet
Down on Mainstreet
Solo (over chords)
And sometimes even now, when I’m feelin’ lonely and beat,
I drift back in time, and I find my feet
Down on Mainstreet, down on Mainstreet
Down on Mainstreet, down on Mainstreet
Down on Mainstreet, down on Mainstreet
Harry Chapin
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My child arrived just the other day,
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He came to the world in the usual way
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But there were planes to catch and bills to pay,
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He learned to walk while I was away
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And he was talking ‘for I knew it, and as he grew
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He said “I’m gonna be like you, dad, you know I’m gonna be like you”
Chorus:
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And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon,
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Little boy blue and the man in the moon
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“When you comin’ home dad?” “I don’t know when,
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But we’ll get together then, You know we’ll have a good time then”
My son turned ten just the other day
He said “Thanks for the ball dad, come on let’s play
Can you teach me to throw”
I said “Not today I got a lot to do” He said “That’s OK”
He walked away but his smile never dimmed,
It said I’m gonna be like him, yeah,
You know I’m gonna be like him
Well he came from college just the other day
So much like a man I just had to say
“Son I’m proud of you can you sit for a while?”
He shook his head and he said with a smile,
“What I’d really like dad is to borrow the car keys,
See you later can I have them please?”
I’ve long since retired, my son’s moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said “I’d like to see you if you don’t mind”
He said “I’d love to dad if I could find the time,
You see the my new job’s a hassle and the kids have the flu
But it’s sure nice talkin’ to you dad
It’s sure nice talkin’ to you”
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And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me,
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He’d grown up just like me
My boy was just like me
Last Chorus
And the cat’s in the cradle and the silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon
“When you comin’ home son?” “I don’t know when,
But we’ll get together then, Dad,
We’re gonna have a good time then”
Simple Minds
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Won’t you come see about me, I’ll be alone. Dancing you know it baby
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Tell me your troubles and doubts, giving me everything inside and out
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Love’s strange, so real in the dark, think of the tender things that we were working on
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Slow change may pull us apart, when the light gets into your heart baby
Chorus:
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Don’t you forget about me
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Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t
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Don’t you forget about me
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Will you stand above me? look my way, never love me
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Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling, down, down, down
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Will you recognize me? Call my name or walk on by
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Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling, down, down, down
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Don’t you try and pretend, it’s my beginning, we’ll win in the end, oh
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Harm you or touch your defences, vanity, insecurity.
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Don’t you forget about me, I’ll be alone. Dancing you know it baby
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Going to take you apart, I’ll put us back together at heart baby
Chorus
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As you walk on by,
[D] [A]
Will you call my name
[D] [E]
As you walk on by,
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Will you call my name
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When you walk away
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Oh will you walk away
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