The Goo Goo Dolls Lyrics

Goo Goo Dolls: Johnny Rzeznik (vocals, guitar); Robby Takac (vocals, bass instrument); Mike Malinin (drums). Recording information: Buffalo, New York, USA (07/04/2004). The Goo Goo Dolls' 1998 hit "Broadway" tells of the air of quiet desperation looming over a main thoroughfare in the group's New York hometown, Buffalo. The lyrics pull no punches in their depiction of the souls wandering through a dying industrial city ("It always rains like hell on the loser's day parade"). Yet when the trio announces the song during a packed, rainy outdoor performance on July 4, 2004, captured on the CD/DVD set LIVE IN BUFFALO, the crowd erupts and sings along. This spirit defines the city and the band it helped shape; the Goo Goo Dolls played show after show in Buffalo for over a decade before becoming superstars. It's an earned sense of hopeful isolation which helped the group stand out in the late '90s from numerous other adult-alternative acts' driving pop songs and lilting ballads. The Goo Goo Dolls always have be...