"Dead End Street" marked a shift in Ray Davies' songwriting. His songs began to take on a more UK-specific focus. And if not political, it was at least more socially pointed, as he sings about an out-of-work, impoverished couple who wonder, "What are we living for?" 50+ years on, many still ask that same question.

"Dead End Street" (Ray Davies) Copyright 1966 Davray Music Limited. Carlin Music Corporation.

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