Hello from the Gutter

Album: Under the Influence (1988)
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  • All those dreams and broken glass.
    Swept down the sewer with the rest of the trash.
    Never to be seen again.
    Now you're makin' a home in a garbage can!!!

    But here's a little story that I lived to tell.
    Hello from the gutter!
    Hello from our little hell!

    Wasted days, wasted nights.
    Hypnotized by the city lights!
    Another king, another queen.
    Livin' in the shadows so they can't be seen!
    Remember all the world lies at your feet.
    And the big apple's rotten,
    Rotten in the heat.

    Hello! Hello!
    Hello from the gutter.
    Hello! Hello!

    Hello from the gutter!!!
    Hello! Hello!
    Hello from the gutter.
    Hello! Hello!
    Hello from the gutter!!

    Gutter child, sweet sixteen.
    Broadway stars that have never been!!!
    All those dreams and broken glass,
    Swept down the sewer with the rest of the trash.

    Well here's a little story that we lived to tell.
    Hello from the gutter!
    Hello from our little hell!

    Hello from the gutter.
    Hello from the gutter. Hey!

    Welcome the the gutter!
    We've been expecting you! Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Chicowdy from NjThis is completely off base. It has ZERO to do with the Son of Sam. It’s about NYC in the mid 80s and the reaction of tourists coming out of Port Authority and thinking, “Holy s--t.”
  • Ray V from UsaNot sure if this is true, I never hear Bobby Blitz or DD mention it.
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