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I remember standing on the corner at midnight
Trying to get my courage up
There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown
I loved to watch her do her stuff
Through the long lonely nights she filled my sleep
Her body softly swaying to that smoky beat
Down on Mainstreet
In the pool halls, the hustlers and the losers
I used to watch 'em through the glass
Well I'd stand outside at closing time
Just to watch her walk on past
Unlike all the other ladies, she looked so young and sweet
As she made her way alone down that empty street
Down on Mainstreet
And sometimes even now, when I'm feeling lonely and beat
I drift back in time and I find my feet
Down on Mainstreet
Down on Mainstreet
Trying to get my courage up
There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown
I loved to watch her do her stuff
Through the long lonely nights she filled my sleep
Her body softly swaying to that smoky beat
Down on Mainstreet
I used to watch 'em through the glass
Well I'd stand outside at closing time
Just to watch her walk on past
Unlike all the other ladies, she looked so young and sweet
As she made her way alone down that empty street
Down on Mainstreet
I drift back in time and I find my feet
Down on Mainstreet
Down on Mainstreet
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He's talking about Ann Street, just off Main Street, in Ann Harbor Street, Michigan.
No, I believe he is talking about Main Street in Rochester, Michigan where he lived. I lived just down the road from there and that was the local buzz anyway...
No, I believe he is talking about Main Street in Rochester, Michigan where he lived. I lived just down the road from there and that was the local buzz anyway...
This might be my favorite Seger song. It just amazes me.
Last summer my friend and I went walking down Mainstreet in my town, met a girl and her friends that had some grass, and smoked with them.
I'd, surprisingly, never heard this song before, so as soon as we reached my house my friend put this song on. Since that day it always reminds me of sitting on mainstreet, smoking and relaxing with a few strangers.
Love the beggining solo to this.
Love the guitar tone and repeating riff!
I grew up listening to Bob Seger. Back in the early '70s, we use to go see him play at a little place in Davison, Michigan called Sherwood Forest. He played with local bands: Julia or Teagarden and VanWinkle. He was GREAT - ALWAYS!
I have very fond memories of those days. So glad he's done so well.
just read the lyrics
Soulful sax & guitar solo. A song for the depressed. To watch the losers from outside is VERY depressing
I've been listening to this song alot lately, and I think this about my only favorite one of his.
a rock critic once called him straight forward, unpretentious blue collar rock..like a Mickey Lolitch fastball. I grew up in the Motown burbs-I feel him