"Dead End Street" (Ray Davies) [3:20] |
| The Kinks with John Dalton (bass), Nicky Hopkins (piano), Stan Whitley (backing vocal), & John Matthews (trombone). |
| Produced by Shel Talmy with Alan MacKenzie (balance engineer). |
| Recorded... |
| UK release as Pye 7N 17222, 18 November 1966; charts 24 November 1966: RR #5. |
| US release as Reprise 0540, 30 November 1966: BB #73 (January 1967). |
| Notes & Quotes |
| Structure | |||
| Introduction | guitar, piano, bass, & trombone | c | |
| A | Verse Part A | solo voice (add drums) | a |
| B | Verse Part B | solo voice double-tracked | b |
| C | Chorus | solo voice with responses | c |
| A | Verse Part A | d | |
| B | Verse Part B | e | |
| C | Chorus | f | |
| Introduction | |||
| C | Chorus | Extended | g |
| Coda | trombone solo over chorus music | ||
| Lyrics | |
| There's a crack up in the ceiling and the kitchen sink is leaking. Out of work and got no money. A Sunday joint of bread and honey. |
a |
| What are we living for? Two-roomed apartment on the second floor. No money coming in. The rent collector's knocking, trying to get in. We are strictly second class, we don't understand. |
b |
| (Dead end!) Why we should be on dead end street. (Dead end!) People are living in dead end street. (Dead end!) I'm gonna die on dead end street. Dead end street (yeah). Dead end street (yeah). |
c |
| On a cold and frosty morning, wipe my eyes and stop me yawning. And my feet are nearly frozen. Boil the tea and put some toast on. |
d |
| What are we living for? Two-roomed apartment on the second floor. No chance to emigrate. I'm deep in debt and now it's much too late. We both want to work so hard. We can't get the chance. |
e |
| (Dead end!) People live on dead end street. (Dead end!) People are dying on dead end street. (Dead end!) Gonna die on dead end street. Dead end street (yeah). Dead end street (yeah). |
f |
| (Dead end!) People live on dead end street. (Dead end!) People are dying on dead end street. (Dead end!) Gonna die on dead end street. Dead end street! (Yeah!) Dead end street! (Yeah!) Dead end street! (Yeah!) Head to my feet. (Yeah!) Dead end street. (Yeah!) Dead end street. (Yeah!) Dead end street. (Yeah!) How's it feel? (Yeah!) How's it feel? (Yeah!) Dead end street. (Yeah!) Dead end street. (Yeah!) |
g |