Absolutely loved this song as a kid in 1985,and it always had a deep meaning for me.Beautiful,bittersweet and very underplayed song.
It sounded like someone who happens across someone from their past in a place that was important to them once("sentimental street") and sees that the person is behaving badly/has adopted some bad habits ("whatcha doin' out there,who ya tryin' to be?") that they,too,were once guilty of ("I know what you're thinkin' cause I've been there myself/I've been kicked so many times,I don't know nothing else").
The singer wishes there could be a reconciliation,but realizes that the other person is "having too much fun" now without them and too much has changed ("will you ever find out?Guess I'll leave that up to you").
"I've seen it before,it happens time and again/all cut up inside,yet you're caught in a spin" and "there ain't nothin' ever new" sounds like the singer has grown jaded and that there have likely been prior issues with the person they're singing about,or that similar things have happened with other people.
Absolutely loved this song as a kid in 1985,and it always had a deep meaning for me.Beautiful,bittersweet and very underplayed song.
It sounded like someone who happens across someone from their past in a place that was important to them once("sentimental street") and sees that the person is behaving badly/has adopted some bad habits ("whatcha doin' out there,who ya tryin' to be?") that they,too,were once guilty of ("I know what you're thinkin' cause I've been there myself/I've been kicked so many times,I don't know nothing else").
The singer wishes there could be a reconciliation,but realizes that the other person is "having too much fun" now without them and too much has changed ("will you ever find out?Guess I'll leave that up to you").
"I've seen it before,it happens time and again/all cut up inside,yet you're caught in a spin" and "there ain't nothin' ever new" sounds like the singer has grown jaded and that there have likely been prior issues with the person they're singing about,or that similar things have happened with other people.