

Windin' your way down on Baker Street Light in your head and dead on your feet Well another crazy day You'll drink the night away And forget about everything This city desert makes you feel so cold. It's got so many people but it's got no soul And it's taking you so long To find out you were wrong When you thought it had everything You used to think that it was so easy You used to say that it was so easy But you're tryin' You're tryin' now Another year and then you'll be happy Just one more year and then you'll be happy But you're cryin' You're cryin' now Way down the street there's a lad in his place He opens the door he's got that look on his face And he asks you where you've been You tell him who you've seen And you talk about anything He's got this dream about buyin' some land He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands And then he'll settle down there's a quiet little town And forget about everything But you know he'll always keep movin' You know he's never gonna stop movin Cus he's rollin' He's the rollin' stone And when you wake up it's a new mornin' The sun is shinin' it's a new morning You're goin' You're goin' home.
Windin' your way down on Baker Street Light in your head and dead on your feet Well another crazy day You'll drink the night away And forget about everything This city desert makes you feel so cold. It's got so many people but it's got no soul And it's taking you so long To find out you were wrong When you thought it had everything You used to think that it was so easy You used to say that it was so easy But you're tryin' You're tryin' now Another year and then you'll be happy Just one more year and then you'll be happy But you're cryin' You're cryin' now Way down the street there's a lad in his place He opens the door he's got that look on his face And he asks you where you've been You tell him who you've seen And you talk about anything He's got this dream about buyin' some land He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands And then he'll settle down there's a quiet little town And forget about everything But you know he'll always keep movin' You know he's never gonna stop movin Cus he's rollin' He's the rollin' stone And when you wake up it's a new mornin' The sun is shinin' it's a new morning You're goin' You're goin' home.
"Baker Street" foi a primeira música de Gerry Rafferty lançada depois de processos judiciais acerca da separação formal da banda Stealers Wheel em 1975.
Rafferty supostamente ficou proibido de entrar em estúdios de gravação por 3 anos após o fim da banda, enquanto disputas sobre as obrigações contratuais de gravação restantes eram resolvidas.
O icônico riff de saxofone da versão original foi tocado por Raphael Ravenscroft e a solo de guitarra por Hugh Burns.
A versão original do álbum "City to City" tinha 6:01 minutos, mas a versão lançada como single nos EUA foi reduzida para 4:08 minutos, com o tempo acelerado para caber nos slots comerciais do rádio.
Segundo a Baker Street Songfacts, Rafferty escreveu a música prevendo uma pausa instrumental, mas sem ter um instrumento específico em mente até que o produtor Hugh Murphy sugerisse o saxofone.
Uma mixagem alternativa e sem cortes, presente no álbum "Right Down The Line: The Very Best of Gerry Rafferty", inclui 30 segundos de material final não presente na versão original de 1978, com reverberação enfatizada e a voz de Rafferty duplamente rastreada eletronicamente.
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