Lyrics:

I've been trying to remember who wrote it, who performed it, and when exactly. - It's been driving me nuts for over a week!

The trouble is, there were so many groups at the time, singing these 'stressed and strained' songs of turmoil, and I'm getting them confused.

Can anyone give me any information?
here are the lyrics:
the artist was David McWilliams
hope i helped!

Empty sound, deserted town
Beneath the silvy-feathered down
Of morning's waiting breath

Forgotten tunes and silver spoons
Goes to deeply shadowed gloom
And I sign death

Junk appears through plastic years
Holds his bottle, heaven near
And dimly strings to rise

Unreal, can't feel
A staggered danglin' abandoned steel
Through plastic-coated eyes

Don't turn away, there ain't no need
It's just three o'clock, Flamingo Street

Bigbandshow, an hour ago
I saw the laughing doormen show
The stairway to the crowd

Yellow girl, hair in curl
Swinging in a rhythmic world
To the music playing loud

Close light shines bright
Pierces through the yielding night
And hides the shadows deep

Feeling free should be
No time to turn the door and see
When in the morning widows weep

Don't turn away, there ain't no need
It's just three o'clock, Flamingo Street

Paint's begun, bottle done
No place where a man can run
To shield the shooting brain

Head down, round and round
Hold unhearted to the ground
Untouched by the rain

Flesh cold, young or old
Who cares if it should be told
It's only in the playing

Jack and Jill have their fill
Begin to walk the dead until
It all begins again

Don't turn around, there ain't no need
It's just three o'clock, Flamingo Street
Thanks for the lyrics, and it was a jolt to be able to put the words back to the tune going round in my head.

A nice answer, and quite concise.