Basing Street - Nick Lowe

It’s an ugly sight\nBy the police light\nBut lonely now\nAs the innocents leave\nIn twos and threes\nCop straightens up Wiping blood off his hand\nSays, «Christ above\nThat’s the worst I’ve seen\nIn more than seventeen»\nSomebody says,\n«I think I remember him\nUsed to see him hanging 'round\nBut it’s hard to be sure\nLooking at him now»\nWhose hand made the boy\nSuffer and bleed?\nWho did the deed\nOn Basing street?\nIt’s 4:29\nAnd out on the airwaves\nLate night DJ plays\nFor the lost and lonely\nAnd their late night ways\nPopping pills\nWashed with coffee\nWith a little coffee blows\nCigarette ash\nOff the late news flash\nThe world is waiting for him now\nIn the palm of his hand\nHe leans toward the microphone and says\n«We interrupt this program»\nBut out there in radio land\nThey’re all asleep\nAs the firemen hose down\nBasing street