Sleeping on the Sidewalk es la octava canción del disco News of the World.
Composición
Letras y música: Brian May
Arreglos: Brian May
Acreditada a: Brian May
Escrita en: Si mayor
Compás: 4/4
Producción
Producción: Queen
Ingeniería de sonido: Mike Stone
Mezclas: Mike Stone
Personal
Brian May - voz principal, coros y guitarra
Roger Taylor - batería
John Deacon - bajo
Equipamiento
Guitarra eléctrica Red Special
Batería Ludwig
Versiones oficiales de la canción
1) Versión de estudio (3:06): Octava canción del disco News of the World.
Letra de la canción
I was nothing but a city boy
My trumpet was my only toy
I've been blowing my horn
Since I knew I was born
But there ain't nobody wants to know
I've been sleeping on the sidewalk
Rolling down the road
I may get hungry
But I sure don't want to go home
So round the corner comes a limousine
And the biggest grin I ever seen
Here sonny won't you sign
Right along the dotted line
What you saying are you playing
Sure you don't mean me?
I've been sleeping on the sidewalk
Rolling down the road
I may get hungry
But I sure don't want to go home
(Now I tell you what happened...)
They took me to a room without a table
They said 'blow your trumpet into here'
I played around as well as I was able
And soon we had the record of the year
I was a legend all through the land
I was blowing to a million fans
Nothing was a missing
All the people want to listen
You'd have thought I was a happy man
And I was sleeping like a princess
Never touch the road
I don't get hungry
And I sure don't want to go home
(Have to have some fun...)
Now they tell me that I ain't so fashionable
And I owe the man a million bucks a year
So I told them where to stick the fancy label
It's just me and the road from here
I'm back to playing and laying
I'm back on the game
I'm sleeping on the sidewalk
Rolling down the road
I sure get hungry and
I sure do wanna go home
(Yeah)
Video oficial para letra de la canción
