138th Street

I hear that you got yourself a house All your friends, you'd finally figured out But you go out in the night 'til you got no place to go I see you on the corner where you're trying to use the phone Everyone will say you've missed your chance Everyone will say you've lost your edge It's just something that you've heard about a thousand times before And every time you're falling, then you'll see me on the floor And someday, when you turn around You'll take a wife and start a life It won't be long Won't be long I hear that you got yourself a job All your friends, you'd finally nailed down But you go out in the night 'til you got no place to go Something you ain't doing right is haunting you at home Now, we've been hangin' 'round for quite a while So let's get out of here and take a drive On the parkway tonight, you can hear the engines roar The flashing lights will nab you when you're driving your way home And someday, when you turn around You'll see the door is closing