Eastside Songtext
von Otis Gibbs

Me and Iris and Russell tried to hide from the bustle
In the shade of a dogwood tree
We were trying to lay low and wait for a rainbow
When a black cat spoke to me

Without ideas of careers today
We did not get here by making career decisions along the way

There′s always something happening on the east side
There's always something going down on the east side
There′s always something happening on the east side
There's always something going down on the east side

I ain't looking for trouble as I wade through the rubble
Of life from where I stand
I keep my head on a swivel and I try to stay civil
As history rages overhead

Without ideas of careers today
We did not get here by making career decisions along the way


There′s always something happening on the east side
There′s always something going down on the east side
There's always something happening on the east side
There′s always something going down on the east side

I met a singing cowboy on a porch quoting Tolstoy
With a five-piece backing band
That's the day I met St. Peter and we spoke of a detour
That led us to where we stand

Without ideas of careers today
We did not get here by making career decisions along the way

There′s always something happening on the east side
There's always something going down on the east side
There′s always something happening on the east side
There's always something going down on the east side
There's always something happening on the east side
There′s always something going down on the east side
There′s always something happening on the east side
There's always something going down on the east side

There′s a breathless freeway and a scent of decay
Coming over me as I walk these grounds