Prisoner in the Street Songtext
von Third World

Like a dull knife, never cutting
Some are talking loud and they′re saying nothing
Promises can't comfort a fool
No more, no more, no more
Lord, I can′t find no self-expression
But I can feel that strange reaction
No need to feel, yes, that I'm an exception
Don't you know we′re heading in the same direction?

Life can be so incomplete (Uh yeah)
For a prisoner in the street
For a prisoner in the street (Uh)

If you′re moving backwards, time can change you
If you're standing still, then time will leave you
Move on, move on, move on
Unity is the answer
The harmony between drummer and the dancer
Living it up for a good life, yes
Isn′t living if it's just to survive, oh yeah


Life can be so incomplete
For a prisoner in the street
For a prisoner in the street (Uh yeah)

Life can be so incomplete
For a prisoner in the street
For a prisoner in the street

Unity means harmony
Oh, why can′t you see we need some unity?
Like the drummer and the dancer
They have to work together
They need each other, yes, yeah

Uh, I don't wanna be no prisoner, no-no-no-no
Oh, I don′t want to be no prisoner, yeah
Oh, he took me by the hand
And he took me to the man
Oh, they locked me up tight
I don't know the difference between day or night
Oh, I don't want to be your prisoner, no

I don′t want to be your prisoner, no, yeah
I just wanna be free, yeah
Why can′t you see?
Unity, yeah, it brings harmony


And if we live together
We're gonna love each other
I just wanna be free, wanna be free, wanna be free, yeah
I can′t take it no more
I need some love for sure
We need some unity, just you and me
Why can't we see we gotta love each other? Yeah, yeah
Oh, imagine, the man take me by the hand
Oh, take me down to the jail
Say, you won′t get, you won't get, you won′t get, you won't get

We need harmony
Why can't you see?