Lyrics

Streetlamp

Streetlamp. It was just a broken streetlamp
A young boy throwing stones, there were no broken bones
We were only getting high

Phone booth. It was just an empty phone booth
The mirror that was there, I used to comb my hair
I was straightening my tie

So why were we in your neighbourhood
Did you think we were up to no good
Was it all the things you saw
That made you call the law?

Streetlamp. It was just a broken streetlamp
We didn't mean to make you cry, but after all nobody died
We were young kids getting high

(Instrumental to verse)

We were in your neighbourhood
And you thought we were up to no good
But for all the things you saw
You didn't need to call the law!

ASBO. I wish I'd never got the ASBO
For all the stones I lobbed, I'll never get a job
I'm branded for all time
'Cause breaking streetlamps is a crime
Breaking streetlamps is a crime
'Cause breaking streetlamps is a crime