I was [bad word] and battered, 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,
My clothes don`t fit me no more,
I walked a 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?