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Is trying to find me.
I'm standing in the middle of life with my pains behind me.
But, I got a smile
For everyone I meet.
Long as you don't try dragging my bay,
Or dropping a bomb on the street.
Come on baby,
Get in the road.
Come on now,
In the middle of the road, yeah.
In the middle of the road,
You see the darnest things.
Like fat cats driving around in jeeps through the city,
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits.
Past corrugated tin shacks holed up with kids and
Man I don't mean a Hampstead nursery.
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody third world,
The babies just come with the scenery.
Come on baby,
Get in the road.
Come on now,
In the middle of the road, yeah.
One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six.
In the middle of the road,
Is my private cul de sac.
I can't get from the cab to the curb,
Without some little jerk on my back,
Don't harass me kid,
Can't you tell I'm going home, I'm tired as hell,
I'm not the cat I used to be,
I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three baby.
Get in the road.
Come on now,
In the middle of the road.
"Don't harass me kid, Can't you tell I'm going home, I'm tired as hell, I'm not the cat I used to be, I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three baby."
Except I'm a bit older than 33. But just as tired.
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for some reason, for years i thought she was saying "parents." weird.
I always heard it as "plans". Past makes more sense though..
Official lyrics are PAST behind me, but I had always thought it was PANTS, which is funnier and more emotionally true. But it's her song, and that's her lyric. thepretenders.com
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for some reason, for years i thought she was saying "parents." weird.
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I Agree!! They get better with age!! Even better in FLAC through great equipment! Thanx RP!
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Official lyrics are PAST behind me, but I had always thought it was PANTS, which is funnier and more emotionally true. But it's her song, and that's her lyric. thepretenders.com
apparently, someone did enquire
I'm standing in the middle of life with my pants behind me.
Plans. Still think someone should just ask her.
Official lyrics are PAST behind me, but I had always thought it was PANTS, which is funnier and more emotionally true. But it's her song, and that's her lyric. thepretenders.com
Past, not pants. Freud would have had to say something.
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I hope that someday we get back to the middle of the road, while there still is a road.
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Hypnotic and never boring!
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funny, I always thought she was using the word "past".
It's a cool song musically, lyrically. If you are in the middle of the road, you see the the extremes of society in a different light.
I thought it was babies that come with the scenery. I'll listen more closely next time around.
I can't decide which because it totally depends on the song I'm hearing. This one? Rocker w/ a Romantic heart. Totally.
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She's just left a French bakery without her bread.
* incarnate
I don't think the heroin consumption was proportional, but I could be dead, so what do I know?
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In my mind I always sang it as 'my past behind me'.
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It's actually "I"m standing in the middle of life with my plants behind me". Not many people realize she used to be a horticulturalist before going full-time in music.
;) ;)
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It's actually "I"m standing in the middle of life with my plants behind me". Not many people realize she used to be a horticulturalist before going full-time in music.
;) ;)
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See I always heard it as "my plans behind me..." Live and learn and RP!
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That's what I always thought she said!
I always thought it was "past" but now all I can hear is "pants"!
It's actually "I"m standing in the middle of life with my plants behind me". Not many people realize she used to be a horticulturalist before going full-time in music.
;) ;)
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Hell, I thought it was "parents" for the longest time...
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Words I try to live by
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I always thought it was "past" but now all I can hear is "pants"!
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And "Without some little jerk in my bath"
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Hm. I always thought it was "past".
I'm not sure I trust this site's lyrics 100%.
I believe the lyric is actually "with my plans behind me".
Hm. I always thought it was "past".
I'm not sure I trust this site's lyrics 100%.
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Prrrr meOW!! Great
hear hear!
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Good to see that the PC police aren't around...
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Definitely
She rocks
That is some weak snark.
Or... to quote the French, "Votre grossièreté est faible".
Take a rest. You must be weary from typing such a long sooooooooooooooooooooooo,
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She rocks
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What he said.
Just when I think I am ready to be tired of the first three Pretenders albums, and it just doesn't happen. Chrissie never disappoints!
Try some of the later ones.
I heard Boots of Chinese Plastic on a rerun of Breaking Bad the other day. Great tune off their last disc. Also, RP is running a couple of tracks off of Chrissie's last album that are quite good.
These folks have not run out of gas as time passes.
What he said.
Just when I think I am ready to be tired of the first three Pretenders albums, and it just doesn't happen. Chrissie never disappoints!
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I thought it was parents.
Today, for the first time ever, I "heard" this line without prompting. I'm still laughing!
(CCR: "Heading down to Memphis on a minibike ride ...")
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Got me to looking at the lyrics. A great message here. Way back when. Too bad it didn't take.
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I used to dance my ass off to this song! Not so much any more - (But I'm still dancing on the inside!!)
This song is a classic.
she's 62 says wikipedia.
Seeing the Pretenders in 1984 on the Learning to Crawl tour was one of the best decisions I ever made.
Even if my girlfriend wouldn't fly in for the show and I had to sell the extra ticket at a loss, I did not care.
Still one of the best shows I've ever seen.
Ahh Youth!
For a moment I thought it was institutionalized by suicidal tendencies...
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Me? I meander all over the road, and this is OUTSTANDING!!!
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It's more in the middle of the road for me.
It's called 'middle of the road'.
perfect name for it.
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