One soft infested summer
me and Terry
became friends
trying in vain to breathe
the fire we was born in
Catching rides
to the outskirts
tying faith
between our teeth
Sleeping in that old
abandoned beach house
getting wasted
in the heat
And hiding on
the backstreets
hiding on
the backstreets
With a love so hard
and filled with defeat
running for our lives
at night on them
backstreets
A-ha
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 let loose
of everything
To go running on
the backstreets
running on
the backstreets
Terry you swore
we'd live forever
Taking it on them
backstreets together
Yeah uh
Endless juke joints
and Valentino drag
Where dancers
scraped the tears
up off the street
dressed down in rags
Running into
the darkness
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
hit at midnight
there was nothing
left to say
But I hated him oh
and then I hated you
when you went away
woh oh
Woh oh
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
Well after all this time
to find we're just
like all the rest
stranded in the park
oh and forced to confess
To hiding on
the backstreets
hiding on
the backstreets
Where we swore
forever friends hey
On the backstreets
until the end
You were the one
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
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
Hiding on
the backstreets
Hiding on
the backstreets
Was alright
you know
on and on and on
strange time now
Hiding on
the backstreets
Hiding on
the backstreets
Hiding on
the backstreets