Songtexte The Dark End of the Street (Live At The Enmore) - Jimmy Barnes

So, we made this ah, Soul Searchin' record in Nashville
With Kevin Shirley and my producer sittin' right here
He's just moved to Australia
Kevin's in there and he...
We pick this song we're gonna do
By a fella called Dan Penn
And Dan's a, a song-writing legend, a soul song-writing legend
He's a great singer too

And anyway, Dan came into the studio to, to visit us while we're recording the song
Which was like a big honour
And we're sitting there
I said to Dan "Would you like to come and sing the song with us?"
So he did a bit of a duet on the song with us which was great
So we finished that song, and that we novice
We thought it was great havin' Dan there, he wrote the song
And he said "Oh do you mind..."
He's a really nice chap, you know, he's really sorta laid-back
Country boy, wears fuckin' overalls and shit like that

And he's sittin' there and he said ah
"Do you mind if I just, you know, stick around and watch you guys record?"
We said "Sure Dan, we'd be- we would love it, we'd be honoured"
So ah, we randomly pick another song to do
And we start sorta knocking it together, learning the chords
And Dan's in the corner lookin' a bit uncomfortable
He said "Um, hey I wrote that song too"
And I went "Oh, shit. Sorry man, I didn't know" you know
So, he sits there, he thought it was great
We got to do another song, that's what he's there for

Getting towards the end of the day we think
"We could squeeze one more song in"
So we'd pull a song out of the hat you know, and ah, start learnin' it
And Dan's like "...um, hey guys, I wrote that song too"
And I'm goin' "Fuck me, what didn't you write?"
As it was, it was purely out of chance
We did three of Dan Penn's songs while he was in the studio
This was the first one

At the dark end of the street
That's where we always meet
Hiding in shadows, where we don't belong
Living in darkness, to hide our wrong
You and me, on the dark end of the street
You and me

I know time, gonna take its toll
You have to pay for the love we stole
And it's a sin and I know it's wrong
Oh, but our love keeps comin' on strong
And steal away, to the dark end of the street
You and me, yeah, come on

They're gonna find us
They're gonna find us
They're gonna find us oh someday
You and me, at the dark end of the street
You and me, come on

And when the daylight hours roll 'round
And by chance, you walk downtown
If we should meet, just walk on by
Oh darling, please don't cry
Tonight we'll meet
At the dark end of the street
You and me, yeah

They're gonna find us
Gonna find us
They're gonna find us oh someday
You and me, at the dark end of the street
You and me

Thank you very much
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