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