David Gray

Released: August 13, 2007

Songwriter: Bruce Springsteen

Producer: David Gray

I was bruised and battered, I couldn't tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
I saw my reflection in a window, I didn't know my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me wastin' away
On the Streets of Philadelphia

I walked the avenue, 'til my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Black and whispering as the rain
On the Streets of Philadelphia

Ain't no angel gonna greet me
It's just you and I my friend
My clothes don't fit me no more
I walked a thousand miles
Just to slip this skin

The night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the Streets of Philadelphia

Na na na na na naaa
Na na na na na naaa
Na na na na na naaa
Na na na na na naaa

David Gray is a singer-songwriter from Cheshire, England who saw greatest recognition after the re-release of his 1998 album White Ladder in 2000. This album featured hit singles Babylon which has racked up over 28 million streams on Spotify, and Gray’s most popular single This Year’s Love which has achieved over 66 million streams almost 20 years since it’s release.

Gray’s style has shifted from his original folk-rock style where acoustic guitars were heavily featured, to darker and more downbeat tones found on Life In Slow Motion, and back to folk-rock in his most recent studio album Mutineers.

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