Pretenders - Middle Of The Road

Middle of the Road is a song by the Pretenders, released as the third single from their 1983 album Learning to Crawl.
It was written by lead singer Chrissie Hynde, who has described the song as reflecting her personal philosophy of staying in the "middle" or "middle way," inspired by her interpretation of the Tao Te Ching.
The song's lyrics also contain autobiographical elements, referencing the recent deaths of bandmates Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott, as well as the birth of her daughter Natalie in February 1983.
Hynde has stated that she was 32 at the time of the song's release, though the lyric "I got a kid, I'm thirty-three" reflects her age at the time of recording.

Lyrics:
Middle of the road is trying to find me
I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me
But I got a smile for everyone I meet
Long as you don't try dragging my bay
Or dropping the bomb on my street

Oh, come on, baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah

In the middle of the road, you see the darnedest things
Like fat cats driving 'round in jeeps through the city
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits
Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids
And man, I don't mean a Hampstead nursery
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody Third World
The babies just come with the scenery

Now come on, baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah

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The middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac
I can't get from the cab to the curb
Without some little jerk on my back
Don't harass me, can't you tell
I'm going home, I'm tired as hell
I'm not the cat I used to be
I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three, baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah