Whole Wide World

Album: Hackney Diamonds (2023)
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  • The streets I used to walk on
    Are full of broken glass
    And everywhere I'm looking
    There's memories of my past
    The filthy flat in Fulham
    The smell of sex and gas
    I never ever really knew
    Where I was sleeping next

    When the whole wide world's against you
    And you're standing in the rain
    When all your friends have let you down
    And treat you with disdain
    When the whole wide world's against you
    And that's got you on the run
    And you think the party's over
    But it's only just, only just begun

    Oh, yeah

    Behind the bars of prison
    You're never getting out
    They wanna break your balls in those slimy walls
    And the guards are lardy louts
    The cameras that are watching you
    They see a sullen face
    Get me out the door, can't keep me in no more
    I'm breaking down the gates

    When the whole wide world's against you
    And you're standing in the rain
    And you want someone beside you
    To pull you up again
    When the whole wide world's against you
    And life's got you on the run
    And you think the party is over
    But it's only just, only just begun

    When the dreary streets of London
    They never promised much
    A dead-end job to nowhere
    And all your dreams are crushed

    When the whole wide world's against you
    And you're standing in the rain
    When all your friends have let you down
    And treat you with disdain
    And you think the party's over
    But it's only just begun
    Let's raise a glass, get up and dance
    'Cause life's just hit and, hit and, hit and run

    Hit and run, yeah
    The party's over
    Yeah
    World's against you Writer/s: Keith Richards, Michael Jagger
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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