Avenues and Alleyways
Avenues and Alleyways: Unveiling Life's Struggles Through Tony Christie's Melody
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Sleep like a baby
Sleep peacefully, like an innocent child
My little lady
Referring affectionately to a loved one
Dream tell the sunrise
Dream until the moment the sun rises
Creeps into your eyes, dream tell the sunrise turns on the day
The transition from dreaming to waking up as the sunrise brightens the eyes; the idea of a new day beginning
In the avenues and alleyways
Describing the setting—streets and pathways in a city
While you sleep there's a whole world comin alive
While the person sleeps, the world outside is active and vibrant
Abel and his brother fight with one another
Conflict between individuals, possibly siblings (Abel and his brother) in various places
In and out of every dive
Frequenting bars and establishments, suggesting a rough lifestyle
The avenues and alleyways
Reiterating the urban environment and its challenges
Where the strong and the quick alone can survive
Survival in this environment is for the strong and quick
Look around the jungle
Observing the harsh realities of life
See the rough and tumble
Witnessing physical confrontations
Listen to a squealer cry
Hearing someone inform or betray others
Then a little later in the morning paper
Referring to news in the morning paper about someone's death
Read about the way he died
Details about the reported death
Wake up my pretty
Waking up a loved one
Go to the city
Encouraging the loved one to go to the city
Stay through the daytime
Stay in the city during the daytime
Safe in the sunshine
Emphasizing safety in the daylight
Stay till the daytime turns into night
Stay until daytime transitions into night
In the avenues and alleyways
Returning to the city streets and pathways
Where a man's gotta work out which side he's on
The necessity for a person to determine their allegiance in the urban struggles
Anyway he chooses
Regardless of the choice, there are risks and potential losses
Chances are he looses
Indicating the likelihood of failure or defeat
No one gets to live too long
Highlighting the fragility of life in this environment
The avenues and alleyways
Revisiting the challenges of the urban life
Where the soul of a man is easy to buy
Where a person's integrity is easily compromised for material gains
Everybody's wheelin'
Everyone is involved in self-serving activities
Everybody's dealin'
Engaging in transactions, possibly illicit
All the low and living hyde
Describing the morally questionable actions of people
Every city's got 'em can we ever stop em
Reflecting on the prevalence of such behaviors in every city
Some of us
Suggesting a call to action for some individuals
Have gotta try
Expressing the need for certain individuals to attempt change
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