i was bruised and battered and i couldn't tell what i felt i was unrecognizable to myself i saw my reflection in a window i didn't know my own face oh brother, are you gonna leave me wastin' away on the streets of philadelphia i walked the avenue 'til my legs felt like stone i heard the voices of friends vanished and gone at night i could hear the blood in my veins black and whispering as the rain on the streets of philadelphia ain't no angel gonna greet me it's just you and i, my friend clothes don't fit me no more walked a thousand miles walked a thousand miles thousand miles just to slip this skin the night has fallen, i'm lyin' awake i can feel myself fading away so receive me, brother, with your faithless kiss or will we leave each other alone like this on the streets of philadelphia i was bruised and battered and i couldn't tell what i felt i was unrecognizable to myself i saw my reflection in a window i didn't know my own face brother, are you gonna leave me wastin' away on the streets of philadelphia on the streets of philadelphia