Straight Street Lyrics
I'm looking busy and staring off the other way
Leverkusen, Juventus, Leeds vs. Valencia
I'm over-hearing all their nonsense in extensia
So I have a smell who seems the best to connect
I pick my clique and set to go to work
But the only thing they care about
Is to whom to play the Turk
Of the Street they call Straight
Cursing myself
'Cause I got there too late
For two cup-fulls of water
They had a dirty beanie baby
So for good luck I bought her
No speedometer and a handbrake that squealed
When the sun came up I couldn't put down the visor
So I put on my hat and a question to my local advisor
"Whose trucks are those that parked up by the town?"
But he only would mumble with his eyes pointed down
Of the Street they call Straight
Cursing myself
'Cause I got there too late
Said you'll get fired
If your opposite from Nokia plays ya
If he beats you for the battle of hearts and minds
Tells 'em we use pig by-products in our designs
No one had to tell me I knew that we were Finnished
You boys from Ericsson better get in the back seat
'Cause your phones are getting stoned
Over on that straight street
Of the Street they call Straight
Cursing myself
'Cause I got there too late
Tried to make myself the broker
For selling off the contents
At the big change clinic my friends said:
"Don't be a cynic, you should work in Baku
This is whatcha gotta do:
Call a contact in Texas talk to 'em in their Lexus
On their hands-free device
And don't be too nice,"
But in my teleconference with Houston
They told me I wasn't any use to 'em
Of the Street they call Straight
Cursing myself
'Cause I got there too late
I'm looking busy and staring off the other way
Arsenal, Inter., Madrid vs. Valencia
I'm over-hearing all their nonsense in extensia
So I have a smell who seems the best to connect
I pick my clique and set to go to work
But the only thing they care about
Is to whom to play the Turk
Of the Street they call Straight
Cursing myself
'Cause I got there too late
what an awesome song on an awesome album. there is just so much in the music, you can never get bored.
Traveling Salesman perhaps? Hey, fucking great song whatever the case
Only the Fiery Furnaces could write a song about an Ericsson cell-phone salesman getting fired in Mesopotamia and have it be this wicked.
AH! I get it, "Finnished". Nokia, right? Never picked that up before.
Hahaha, right on, valrus.
i think it also has to do when paul was on the road to damascus and was blinded, because then an angel sent ananias to travel to "the street they call straight". It's somewhere in Acts.
yeah cu.
I looked it up, "the street called straight" is mentioned in Acts 9:11. The whole song might be a reference to that, but I wouldn't know, not being a real fan of the bible. The verse number does seem conspicuous, though...
The biblical references are unavoidable. The mentioning of "pig-byproducts" is what seals the deal. Paul was originally an ultra conservative Jew. I was wondering if "getting stoned" referred to Stephan who was stoned and is considered the first Christian martyr. Paul was present at his stoning, but it didn't occur on the strait street. I just don't know what the REASON for the biblical reference is.
Also, much of the song "Pricked in the Heart" off Widow City is taken verbatim from Acts. Anyone want to get a discussion going there?