Backstreets

[Verse 1]

One soft, infested summer, me and Terry became friends

Trying in vain to breathe the fire we were born in

Catching rides to the outskirts, tying faith between our teeth

Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house, getting wasted in the heat

[Chorus]

Hiding on the backstreets

Hiding on the backstreets

With a love so hard and filled with defeat

Running for our lives at night on the backstreets

[Verse 2]

Slow dancing in the dark on the beach at Stockton's Wing

Where desperate lovers park, we sat with the last of the Duke Street Kings

Huddled in our cars, waiting for the bells that ring

In the deep heart of the night, we cut loose of everything

[Chorus]

To go running on the backstreets

Running on the backstreets

Terry, you swore we'd live forever

Taking it on them backstreets together

[Bridge]

Endless juke joints and Valentino drag

Where dancers scraped the tears up off the streets dressed down in rags

Running into the dark, some hurt bad, some really dying

At night, sometimes, it seemed you could hear the whole damn city crying

Blame it on the lies that killed us, blame it on the truth that ran us down

You can blame it all on me, Terry, it don't matter to me now

When the breakdown came at midnight, there was nothing left to say

But I hated him and I hated you when you went away

[Verse 3]

Laying here in the dark, you're like an angel on my chest

Just another tramp of hearts crying tears of faithlessness

Remember all the movies, Terry, we'd go see

Trying to learn to walk like the heroes we thought we had to be

And after all this time, to find we're just like all the rest

Stranded in the park, and forced to confess to

[Chorus]

Hiding on the backstreets

Hiding on the backstreets

We swore forever friends

On the backstreets until the end

[Outro]

Hiding on the backstreets

Hiding on the backstreets

Hiding on the backstreets

Hiding on the backstreets

Hiding on the backstreets

Hiding on the backstreets

Hiding on the backstreets

Hiding on the backstreets