Broken streets, dirty pavements Your pretty shoes are dancing in the rain Careful 'cross this ghetto wasteland Past the boys who sing You are the sweetest thing (you are the sweetest thing) You are the sweetest thing In the subway they abuse you Hands that touch but hands that cannot feel Deep inside your private heaven Everyone knows You are the sweetest thing (you are the sweetest thing) You are the sweetest thing Nature made you, nature bore you Somewhat different, different from the rest Feel this world of toil and trouble Laying heavy, so heavy on your breast So heavy on your breast Racing, rushing through the darkness Find the light, the light that leads you home In the doorway, I'll be waiting To adore you You are the sweetest thing (you are the sweetest thing) You are the sweetest thing One day soon we'll take the highway New horizons, things you've never seen In this world you've found your dreamer And he's singing You are the sweetest thing (you are the sweetest thing) You are the sweetest thing Hush now, sleep, ignore the sirens Screaming voices, crying to be heard Dream your dreams, you've found your lover And he knows that You are the sweetest thing (you are the sweetest thing) You are the sweetest thing (you are the sweetest thing) You are the sweetest thing