Released: June 14, 1991
Songwriter: Johnny Edwards Mick Jones (Foreigner) Terry Thomas
Producer: Mick Jones (Foreigner) Terry Thomas
[Verse 1]
Jimmy got lost, in a schoolboy phase
You see the lines got crossed, at a young and tender age
He dropped out of school, and the new crowd he'd meet
He left his broken home, for a new life, out on the street
See the young boys laugh, getting high on a midnight run
They've got it all figure out, they don't need no help
From anyone
[Pre-Chorus]
Jimmy never knew real love in his heart
No feelings remain
Somehow he knew he'd never be a part
So alone with his pain
[Chorus]
When the night comes down
Out there on the streets, so many sad, sad stories
When the night comes down
They're running out of hope, in this land of glory
They're running in the night
[Verse 2]
See the young boy cry, he's crying out, all alone
And the hurt inside, he's got to face it all on his own
And the church bells ring, and the lord is praised
But they have got time for Jimmy, on their holy, holy days
[Pre-Chorus]
Jimmy never felt real love in his heart
No feelings remain
Somehow he knew he'd never be a part
So alone with his pain
[Chorus]
When the night comes down
Out there on the streets, so many sad, sad stories
When the night comes down
They're running out of hope, in this land of glory
When the night comes down
Its a cold hearted town, nothing but a battleground
And they're running out of hope, ooh, when the night
Comes down
On this battleground
So many, so many sad, sad stories
You can see it every night
When the night comes down
See the young boy cry
Jimmy got lost, in a schoolboy phase
You see the lines got crossed, at a young and tender age
He dropped out of school, and the new crowd he'd meet
He left his broken home, for a new life, out on the street
See the young boys laugh, getting high on a midnight run
They've got it all figure out, they don't need no help
From anyone
[Pre-Chorus]
Jimmy never knew real love in his heart
No feelings remain
Somehow he knew he'd never be a part
So alone with his pain
[Chorus]
When the night comes down
Out there on the streets, so many sad, sad stories
When the night comes down
They're running out of hope, in this land of glory
They're running in the night
[Verse 2]
See the young boy cry, he's crying out, all alone
And the hurt inside, he's got to face it all on his own
And the church bells ring, and the lord is praised
But they have got time for Jimmy, on their holy, holy days
[Pre-Chorus]
Jimmy never felt real love in his heart
No feelings remain
Somehow he knew he'd never be a part
So alone with his pain
[Chorus]
When the night comes down
Out there on the streets, so many sad, sad stories
When the night comes down
They're running out of hope, in this land of glory
When the night comes down
Its a cold hearted town, nothing but a battleground
And they're running out of hope, ooh, when the night
Comes down
On this battleground
So many, so many sad, sad stories
You can see it every night
When the night comes down
See the young boy cry
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Unusual Heat (1991)
Foreigner popular songs
- I Want to Know What Love Is
- Juke Box Hero
- Waiting for a Girl Like You
- Cold as Ice
- Feels Like the First Time
- Urgent
- Hot Blooded
- Double Vision
- Head Games
- I Don’t Want to Live Without You
- Say You Will
- Dirty White Boy
- That Was Yesterday
- Rev on the Red Line
- Starrider (Live at the Bang Your Head Festival, Balingen, Germany, 2006)
- Not Fade Away
- Love Maker
- Soul Doctor
- Hot Blooded (Live)
- With Heaven on Our Side (radio edit)
- Ready Or Not
- Big Dog
- That’s All Right
- Prisoner of Love