I was bruised and battered I couldn't tell what I felt I was unrecognizable to myself Saw my reflection in a window Didn't know my own face So brother don't leave me On the streets of Philadelphia I walk the avenue 'till my legs feel like stone I heard voices of friend vanished and gone At night I hear the blood in my veins Just as black and wispy as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia Ain't no angel gonna greet me It's just you and I my friend And my clothes don't fit me no more Thousand miles just to slip this skin Night has fallen, I'm lying awake I can feel myself fading away So receive me brother with your fateless kiss Or will we leave each other alone like this? On the streets of Philadelphia