Maybe you can find someone to share
Your thoughts with as your brain’s in a blur
Walk this way or down an alley
Make a master list, keep a runnin tally
Of where you been, where you found the heat
But don’t go down to Regent Street
Don’t go down to Regent Street

Step around the trash, and the bugs and the killed bird
Can’t step around feeling bewildered
It’s what’s goin around I guess
In my mind your blue print dress
Billows out the window just above your feet
But Don’t go down to Regent Street
Don’t go down to Regent Street

I’m ignoring the news reports today
I’m ignoring the weather and the clouds of gray
I’ve shut all the poetry out of my mind
Power of attorney remains unsigned
My darkest thoughts remain discrete
But Don’t go down to Regent Street
Don’t go down to Regent Street

The crowd is thick no room to run
I’ve got a job that must be done
I try to clear my thoughts try not to care
My directions say go anywhere
Avert your eyes avoid uncertified meat
And Don’t go down to Regent Street
Don’t go down to Regent Street

Take to the high road
Don’t release your dry load
Islamabad, Cairo
Nervous wreck
See you later alligator
Stuck in the elevator
Signal to the waiter to
Burn that check

Go down to the river and toss that trash
Go down to the doctor to clear that rash
Go down to the preacher to cleanse your sins
Go down to the tanner to dye your skins
Go down to the usher and demand a seat
And Don’t go down to Regent Street
Don’t go down to Regent Street

Ask the shepherd why his sheep don’t bleat
Tell the blind bartender to serve ‘em up neat
Tell the drummer not to drum, he’s got no beat
Tell the hostess take a break, she’s not to greet
Tell the croupier look the other way, they all cheat
And Don’t go down to Regent Street
Don’t go down to Regent Street
Don’t go down to Regent Street
Don’t go down to Regent Street

(lyrics: Dan Bern)