Baker Street Lyrics

Lyric discussion by rollo 

Cover art for Baker Street lyrics by Gerry Rafferty

Incredibly powerful song. Very depressing, actually brings tears to my eyes sometimes. My favorite lyrics from this song are:

"Another year and then you'll be happy Just one more year and then you'll be happy But you're cryin' You're cryin' now"

This really speaks to me -- you always think things will get better, but sometimes the time passes and things are still bad. It reminds me of college in the mid-90s when I was in freezing cold upstate NY and I would hear this song, and I just wanted to get out of there in the worst way, but I felt so trapped. This song really spoke to me and the lyrics mirrored exactly what I was feeling.

My Opinion

Is college in upstate NY really that bad? I always regretted not finding a way to go to Cornell until I read of all the suicides...