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Begging ’round the sun-beaten streets
I can’t make me no connections
Locals here, they don't speak English
Where is my woman? Nobody knows,
Ah, well, some girls just have to leave
In the night while you’re fast asleep
But I don’t worry
I move in the dark
There were lights
There were border lights
I thought I heard that drum in the distance playing
I saw the light
I crossed my heart, and beat angels were there
I awoke in some hotel room
I could hardly remember my name
She was only sixteen years old
I was so cold
I was so to blame
Aw well, sone girls
You just have to leave
There in the dark of night
While they're fast asleep
Turn up your radio
I move in the dark.
There were lights
There were border lights
I thought I heard that drum in the distance playing
I saw the light
I crossed my heart, and beat angels were there
Don’t you wonder where one goes wrong?
Is it somewhere in a foreign rain?
That sends a man out to stone
Every lamplight in town
Man don’t know what he's got in his veins
Till beat angels come and take him away.
Beat angels, beat angels
Well, I crossed my heart, and beat angels were there
Play on beat angels
Play on beat angels
Sal Bernardi wrote this song. His version makes more sense. He's talking about leaving a girl in the middle of the night and SHE is only 16 years old. He feels so cold. He feels so to blame.
Rickie Lee Jones' version changes the "She" in the lyrics to "They". Leaving one to wonder what the heck Jones is doing with two 16 year olds.
I love this song, esp. Bernardi's version. It's so honest. It's brave. He lets the whole world hear about his behavior:
"I awoke in some hotel room.
I could hardly recall my name (he passed out the night before and now he wakes up and is thinking what the heck happened.)
"She was only 16 years old." (This would not have happened if he were sober and he regrets it. Still, he doesn't wqrry too much, because he has Beat Angels to play music for (or with) him.