Nick Lowe Basing Street lyrics

It's an ugly sight by the police light
But lonely now as the innocents leave
in two's and three's
Cop straightens up wiping the blood off
his hand
Says Christ above that's the worst
I've seen in more than seventeen
Somebody says I think I remember him
Used to see him hanging round
but it's hard to be sure looking at him now
Whose hand made the boy
suffer and bleed
Who did the deed on Basing Street
It's four twenty-nine and on the airways

Late ni ht DJ piays for the lost and lonely
and their late night ways
Poppin pills washed down with coffee
With a little cough he blows cigarette ash off
the late news flash
The world is waiting for now
in the palm of his hand he leans toward
the microphone and says
We interrupt this program
But out there in radio land they're all asleep
As the firemen hose down Basing Street