Basing Street Nick Lowe

It's an ugly sight
By the police light
But lonely now
As the innocents leave
In twos and threes

Cop straightens up
Wiping 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 4:29
And out on the airwaves
Late night DJ plays
For the lost and lonely
And their late night ways