Telegraph Road 1977 & 2024 Songtext
von Bastille

Lady with her dogs
Living in a doorway
On Telegraph Road

What have you seen?
What happened to you?
What lead you this way?

You find yourself in Berkeley
The Golden Gate Bridge
Extends before your feet

Well it′s a complicated place, these hills
Those millions who walk on through
But, nowhere for you

And I guess that San Francisco's a lonely city
And you lost your life somewhere
Maybe on Broadway, maybe some other street?

And I guess that San Francisco′s a lonely city
And you lost your life somewhere
Maybe on Broadway, maybe some other street?


And maybe it's not this city
That brought you to this day
Could have been Chicago, perhaps LA

What sights?
What loves?
What pain?

I wonder, lady, what's your history?
Could have been some roses along the way
Or strange mysteries that led you to this doorway
Oh, with only your dogs for company

And I guess that San Francisco′s a lonely city
And you lost your life somewhere
Maybe on Broadway, maybe some other street?

And I guess that San Francisco′s a lonely city
And you lost your life somewhere
Maybe on Broadway, maybe some other street?

So decades flew right on by
Fast forward, now
I am singing my father's words about you
Luck brought me through your town


It′s built on big ideas and power
But the streets are still lined
With those who call 'em home
And maybe always will

I wonder too your name, your face, your fate
Forever in my mind sat with your dogs up there on Telegraph Road