October 14, 2009

  • One soft infested summer, me and Terry became friends
    Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in
    Catchin' 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

    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, they set us 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

    Endless juke joints and Valentino drag
    Where famous 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 to say:
    But I hated him - ...and I hated you when you went away...

    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, we find we're just like all the rest -
    Stranded in the park - and forced - to - confess - to!

    Hiding on the backstreets...
    Hiding on the backstreets...
    Where we swore forever friends
    On the backstreets until the end...

    Hiding on the backstreets...
    Hiding on the backstreets...
    Hiding on the backstreets...
    Hiding on the backstreets...

    XXX

    I really want to do a post of just a long, long list of Bruce lyrics...I probably will at some point, if I know me...