Songwriter: Chrissie Hynde
Producer: Chris Thomas
Middle of the road
Is trying to find me
I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me
But I got a smile
For everyone I meet
Long as you don't try dragging my bay
Or dropping the bomb on my street
Oh, come on, baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah
In the middle of the road
You see the darnedest things
Like fat cats driving 'round in jeeps through the city
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits
Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids
And man, I don't mean a Hampstead nursery
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody Third World
The babies just come with the scenery
Now come on, baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
The middle of the road
Is no private cul-de-sac
I can't get from the cab to the curb
Without some little jerk on my back
Don't harass me, can't you tell
I'm going home, I'm tired as hell
I'm not the cat I used to be
I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three, baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road
Is trying to find me
I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me
But I got a smile
For everyone I meet
Long as you don't try dragging my bay
Or dropping the bomb on my street
Oh, come on, baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah
In the middle of the road
You see the darnedest things
Like fat cats driving 'round in jeeps through the city
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits
Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids
And man, I don't mean a Hampstead nursery
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody Third World
The babies just come with the scenery
Now come on, baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
The middle of the road
Is no private cul-de-sac
I can't get from the cab to the curb
Without some little jerk on my back
Don't harass me, can't you tell
I'm going home, I'm tired as hell
I'm not the cat I used to be
I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three, baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Learning to Crawl (1984)
Pretenders popular songs
- Brass in Pocket
- I’ll Stand by You
- Don’t Get Me Wrong
- 2000 Miles
- Back on the Chain Gang
- Middle of the Road
- My City Was Gone
- Precious
- Alone
- Tattooed Love Boys
- I’m a Mother
- Kid
- No Guarantee
- Don’t Lose Faith in Me
- Revolution
- Complex Person
- Angel of the Morning
- Everyday Is Like Sunday
- One Thing Never Changed
- Who’s Who
- I Remember You
- Night in My Veins
- Light of the Moon
- Goodbye