Skyway

Skyway
You take the skyway, high above the busy little one-way
In my stupid hat and gloves, at night I lie awake
Wonderin' if I'll sleep
Wonderin' if we'll meet out in the street

But you take the skyway
It don't move at all like a subway
It's got bums when it's cold like any other place
It's warm up inside
Sittin' down and waitin' for a ride
Beneath the skyway
Oh, then one day, I saw you walkin' down that little one-way
Where, the place I'd catch my ride most everyday
There wasn't a damn thing I could do or say
Up in the skyway
Skyway
Skyway (sky away)
En 'Skyway' de The Replacements, la canción nos sumerge en una atmósfera de nostalgia y melancolía. Las letras pintan una imagen de un narrador que observa desde lejos a alguien especial que toma el camino elevado del cielo sobre la transitada calle de un solo sentido...