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Baker Street Lyrics

Performed by Gerry Rafferty
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Winding your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day, you'll drink the night away
And forget about everything

This city desert makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long to find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything

You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're tryin', you're tryin' now

Another year and then you'd be happy
Just one more year and then you'd be happy
But you're cryin', you're cryin' now

Way down the street there's a lad in his place
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been, you tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything

He's got this dream about buyin' some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands
And then he'll settle down in some quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know he'll always keep movin'
You know he's never gonna stop movin'
Cause he's rollin', he's the rollin' stone

And when you wake up it's a new morning
The sun is shining, it's a new morning
And you're going, you're going home

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Baker Street | Reviewer: Ronnie. | 2/28/12

I'm amazed at some of the interpretations of this.
First of all just enjoy a masterful song for what it is, it is a perfect blend, music and emotion that has stood the test of time and will continue to be a classic.
Second, the lyric is pretty obvious, Gerry Rafferty was well known to write about what he knew, what was happening to him and what he observed. It isn't fiction or political it is about someone who has been disappointed at the direction their life has taken. It is a song about the grass always being greener on the other side of the fence.
To me it says that Gerry Rafferty enjoyed the music, thought he'd make a go of being successful at it and then came to realise that what he was happy with was music, not being a success.
Gerry Rafferty, a fine talent, immortalised with his music, sadly missed.

linda m | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/9/12

when I first heard this song on the radio back in 1978 it got to my very soul. Wow what a musical masterpiece. The way the guitar and sax were in perfect harmony!!1978 was a bad year for me but this song made me think about how I needed to change my own life around thank you gerry rafferty...

Baker St NOT about a Girl Leaving: It's About London Rock Failing | Reviewer: Kirk G | 11/4/11

According to Wikipedia, Gerry Rafferty was in the process of breaking off with Stealers Wheel and "Everyone was suing everyone"... so he was spending a lot of time commuting to London, and meeting with Lawyers. After a day of trial and meetings, and negotiations, he would frequently crash at a friend's pad... and as a result, they'd "talk about anything". At the end of the song, the legal fighting is over, and so his spirits lift cause he's going home again. The song expresses Gerry's dissatisfaction with the Rock & Roll music world of London. He's fed up, and weary, and wants to go home.

For years, I thought it was a story of a waitress walking home after work, and finding her boyfriend high, not getting anywhere, not moving forward, but spinning his wheels and wasting her time. But in the ending, she's resolved to leave him, leave the city, and make a break in her life. She's going home...

I was totally wrong, as it turns out, but it still speaks to me every time I hear it.

Its obvious you loons! | Reviewer: Hajil Banyan | 9/2/11

Baker Street is obviously about Dr Watson and his sordid cohabtation with Sherlock Holmes. Holmes was always claiming he was ging to give up the cottaging and heroine but as soon as Watson came back to him hed back playing with his "violin" as he called it.

But seriously, someone says its subtly gy: wheres the subtlety, in a song about a guy who calls on another guy and spends the night with him? How more obviously gay can it be?

I caannot believe some of the clueless comments on here. Some people twist any song to mean whats on ther mind. Like the one who interprets it as a neo-Marxist critique of "our unsatisfatory lives in Western societies" (speak for yourself, loser). As for it being a statement against going to college and getting a steeady job...doh! Its not people who go to college and get a steady job who run off to the big ciy thinking that youll get quick fame and fortune, as the song says "
And it's taken you so long to find out you were wrong, When you thought it held everything"

Au contraire, its those who reject the humdrum to chase their dreams that the song is patently about. Like the young woman whose run off to London to become a star and I wish would come back to me....! (True Story Moment).

Bwah! (saxophone wails).

Miss you Gerry | Reviewer: Tony | 7/25/11

It's not officially summer time until Baker Street plays...this song has been special to me since I was a child hearing it for the first time in 1978 I was 9 years old. It still gives me the chills when I hear that sax play..... long live Baker Street, long live Gerry...!

baker street | Reviewer: Dragana,Belgrade,Sedrbia | 4/7/11

When I heard this song I was 16 and didn't understand a ward yet I was sure that this song is one of the best ever written.....The music, guitar, sax gentle voice ....has everything. Even now after 33 years still is as good as ever, and that is what the reall rock is about. The meaning of the song could be different and so many people indentify themselves with it (hookers, homles, guy drifters etc.) and the god things is they are all right. The rock at it's best.

Metal Lover Loves Baker Street | Reviewer: George | 3/6/11

Baker street is an important song to me because it conveys a feeling of a time in America that only music can. The song came out at a time when going to college and assuming a college mindset regarding life and media really became in vogue and perceived as the ticket to happiness and prosperity. This song is special because the lyrics challege that presumption, yet the sophistication of the instrumental composition creates an atmosphere that simultaneously supports that supposition.

What it's all about... | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/23/11

Strange that you can hear something thousands of times and not get what a song is about. Since I first heard the song in 1978, I thought what Gerry was telling us about was the unsatisfactory lives that most of us in western communities live. Thats what I always thought of when the song was playing on the radio...

Thanks for the words Gerry. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/17/11

No words here that I can write will ever convey the sentiments you so magically compose. A sad day Gerry, sad day indeed. So happy to have the pleasure of your music in my life.

Now you'll wake up it's a new mornin'
The sun will shine it's a new mornin'
You're going, you're going home...

Gerry's death has brought great sadness to me. | Reviewer: Roland | 2/10/11

I latched on to Gerry's lyrics straight away in the 70's with the album City to City and his music has been a companion since then. His songs have accompanied me through the highs and lows in my life, some mirroring his. I have all Gerry's recordings and I am sad that there will be no more. R.I.P. Gerry.

Awesome guitar break | Reviewer: Mickey | 1/9/11

..."Of course i was around in '78 as a 21 yr old guy and Baker Street was being played all over the radio, strangley i never knew what the lyrics were about although i've heard the song thousands of times down the years, most people recall the saxophone but for me it was the awesome lead guitar solo at the end of Baker street that i always loved." RIP Gerry

Hearing it gives me a natural high.... | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/4/11

This is a sensational song in every way..his voice is so mellow..the sax is mesmerizing and the guitar playing solo is THE BOMB..love those bongos too! RIP Gerry..thanks for one incredible song and the memories that go along with it!

Rest in Peace | Reviewer: Diane | 1/4/11

Rest in Peace Gerry Rafferty....awesome song Baker Street.....sad and troubled life that made music to make us feel the pain and identify or sob for someone we knew that could identify. Alcohol robs people of their lives....glad we knew him for awhile. Rest easy music man.

only gays recognize songs written for them | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/17/10

Every young gay man know an older gay man thats going to give up the booze and the one night stands. Its funny how gay people know when a song is written for them back in the day when everyone was in the closet. I know some of you will protest but its true there are a lot of songs with hidden meanings for gays that only gays pick up on.

back in time to go home. | Reviewer: PFried | 5/11/10

I was 14 in 78 and still remember a hiatus between Motown and Disco when Pop music had promise. Steely Dan, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Dire Straits, Gerry Rafferty, Rickie Lee Jones and Eric Clapton are examples of artists that had major singles with unique music and lyrics that held up through the years.

Baker Street has always brought to my mind the fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle who put the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes' dwelling at 221B Baker Street in London, England. The narrative could certainly be about Doyle's main characters, Holmes or Watson, who were often portrayed as having an unconditional respectful relationship. Holmes and Irene Adler seem to have desired such a relationship and the topic of the lyrics could certainly apply to her.


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