I was bruised and battered I couldn`t tell what I felt I was unrecognizable to myself I saw my reflection in a window I didn`t know my own face Oh Brother are you gonna leave me wastin` away On the streets of Philadelphia
I walked the avenue `til my legs felt like stone I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone At night I could hear the blood in my veins Black and whispering as the rain On the streets of Philadelphia
Ain`t no angel gonna greet me It`s just you and I my friend My clothes don`t fit me no more I walked a thousand miles Just to slip this skin
The night has fallen, I`m lyin` awake I can feel myself fading away So receive me brother with your faithless kiss Or will we leave each other alone like this On the streets of Philadelphia