Streetlife Serenader Lyrics

Lyric discussion by le fer et le feu 

Cover art for Streetlife Serenader lyrics by Billy Joel

Never sang on stages
Melody comes easy
Have no obligations Hold no grand illusions Need no stimulation Need no vast arrangement To do their harmonizing

Trobadours in the ancient times in Europe, Circus people, Blind chanteurs travelling around the villages singing free and easy to earn daily bread, held no grand illusions... but had no obligations. Music... Melody came easy.

To me this is a song about MUSIC. Music is a somebody playing a melody and somebody listening. That's it. Then comes money and business to complicate things. But Music really is cheap and simple and lives almost anywhere, in the singing lullaby of a mother, in a Mall, where a Shoppin' center hero, Child of Eisenhower is performing live for you, and for daily bread. No sorrow here.