Street Song

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Dec. 6, 20191 viewer

Street Song Lyrics

[Chorus]
We ring to say so long
We sing, this is our street song
(We ring, so long)
(We sing, street song)

[Verse 1]
We can sing out anything now
No supremo slows us down
We have banners in the air
We can shout and we can share

[Verse 2]
We once lacked the strength to wail
Simple fact: we stood to fail
Flames and smoke and searing heat
Then the angel spoke, "You own the street"

[Chorus]
(We ring, so long)
We ring to say so long
(We sing, street song)
We sing, this is our street song
(We ring, so long)
We ring to say so long
(We sing, street song)
We sing, we sing, this is our street song

[Interlude]

[Chorus]
(We ring, so long)
We ring to say so long
(We sing, street song)
This is our street song
This is our street song
(We ring, so long)
We're gonna sing out and out and out and out
(We sing, street song)
We're gonna sing out and out and out and out and out and out

[Bridge]
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
Fire keep burning
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
Can't get out
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
Fire keep burning
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
Can't get out
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
Fire keep burning
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
Can't get out

[Chorus]
(We will, fire keep burning but you can't get out)
We ring
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
To say so long
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
We sing, we sing
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
We sing, we sing
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
Our street song
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
(We will, fire keep burning but you can't get out)
So long
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
My darling
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
So long
(This is)
(Fire keep burning but you can't get out)
Say goodbye to the ones that I love
(Street song)

[Verse 3]
We can sing out anything now
No supremo slows us down
We have banners, we have beats
We can shout, "These are our streets!"

[Chorus]
(We ring to say so long)
We ring to say so long
(We sing, this is our street song)
We sing
(We ring to say so long)
We ring, we ring, we ring
We ring to say so long
(We sing, this is our street song)
We sing, this is our street song

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Genius Annotation

This song was inspired by the Grenfell Tower fire in London in 2017, in which 72 residents were killed.

Pete Townshend in Mojo 312, November 2019: “Street Song’s not specifically about Grenfell, but it’s certainly inspired by it. I read that a man managed to get a phone call through to his wife: ‘I’m just calling to say, So long.’ He died in the fire. So I used that line. It’s a song about where we are. We all have to look at where we come from, and what this community is about. It’s not about race. It’s not about post codes, it’s not about gangs, it not about the fact that there were a lot of immigrants in the building. It’s about the fact that this building rises out of a street: where we gather, where we cannot be separate. We are one people, this is where we travel. These are our pathways.”