This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Just obey the safety rules
This is the way to cross the street now
Look both ways, direct your feet now
Wait for the green and never cheat now
Just don't forget the safety rules
Hold mummy's hand each time you're walkin'
Just be alert, not too much talkin'
Then the policeman won't be blocking
You must obey the safety rules
On a busy highway
Take my advice and do it my way
Please avoid the danger
Never ever talk to a stranger
In a busy city
There's so much to see
Don't go willy-nilly
Here's the way to be
This is the way to cross the street now
Look both ways, direct your feet now
Wait for the green and never cheat now
Just don't forget the safety rules, yeah
Hold mummy's hand each time you're walkin'
Just be alert, not too much talkin'
Then the policeman won't be blocking
You must obey the safety rules
When you hit the corner
Wait for mum and go and join her
Take her hand and hold it
Now you know because you've been told it
Cars can't always see you
When you cross their way
So before you sail through
Remember what I say
This is the way to cross the street now
Look both ways, direct your feet now
Wait for the green and never cheat now
Just don't forget the safety rules
Hold mummy's hand each time you're walkin'
Just be alert, not too much talkin'
Then the policeman won't be blocking
You must obey the safety rules
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
You must obey the safety rules
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
You must obey the safety rules
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Just obey the safety rules
This is the way to cross the street now
Look both ways, direct your feet now
Wait for the green and never cheat now
Just don't forget the safety rules
Hold mummy's hand each time you're walkin'
Just be alert, not too much talkin'
Then the policeman won't be blocking
You must obey the safety rules
On a busy highway
Take my advice and do it my way
Please avoid the danger
Never ever talk to a stranger
In a busy city
There's so much to see
Don't go willy-nilly
Here's the way to be
This is the way to cross the street now
Look both ways, direct your feet now
Wait for the green and never cheat now
Just don't forget the safety rules, yeah
Hold mummy's hand each time you're walkin'
Just be alert, not too much talkin'
Then the policeman won't be blocking
You must obey the safety rules
When you hit the corner
Wait for mum and go and join her
Take her hand and hold it
Now you know because you've been told it
Cars can't always see you
When you cross their way
So before you sail through
Remember what I say
This is the way to cross the street now
Look both ways, direct your feet now
Wait for the green and never cheat now
Just don't forget the safety rules
Hold mummy's hand each time you're walkin'
Just be alert, not too much talkin'
Then the policeman won't be blocking
You must obey the safety rules
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
You must obey the safety rules
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
You must obey the safety rules
Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
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Is This the Way to Cross the Street? Lyrics as written by Neil Sedaka Howard Greenfield
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