Backstreets
Winterland ~ San Francisco ~ Dec 15, 1978
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
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 to set us loose from everything
To go running on the backstreets, running on the backstreets
We swore we'd live forever on the backstreets we take it together
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
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 how to walk like 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 hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
We swore forever friends on the backstreets until the end
Till the end...
Hello baby... It's good to see you back again...
and honey your still a good friend...
It's been such a long long time...
Baby I remember you
Baby I remember you
And I know you remember me too...
And I know you remember the track on the outside of town...
Them warm summer nights...
I know you remember that stripped down Cadilllac
the one you used to take me riding in back
the one you used to take me riding in back
I know you remember
Going down and down and down on the inside.
Slipping down and down and down to the inside.
Slipping down and down and down to the inside.
Slipping down and away...
And I know you remember on the outside
You know crying in the street...
On the inside...
Slipping down and down and down on the outside
The cops on the corner... on the inside
Slipping down and down and down
And I remember I swore a long long time ago... I swore
That for you... I'd drive all night... anytime... any place...
I'd drive all night... just to buy you some shoes...
Just to buy you a christmas present...
Just to check you out...
Just to see how you were doing...
Just to... just for one... sweet kiss...
Just for one...
Just to hear you say you love me...
and I remember that you promised
that you'd never leave without me...
I remember way back then you promised
that you'd never leave without me...
I remember way back then you promised...
And like everything else in those days you promised...
And you lied... didn't you... you lied...
little girl you lied... little girl you lied...
so now you come back and I wanna know why...
I wanna know why...
I wanna know why...
I wanna know why...
I wanna know just what makes you think...
I mean just what makes you think it's so easy...
I mean just what makes you think...
Just what makes you think it's so easy...
To stop... to stop... to stop... to stop... to stop...
stop... stop... stop... stop... stop... stop... stop...
Hiding on the backstreets...
Hiding on the backstreets...
well it's alright...
We'll go hiding on the the backstreets tonight...
~Bruce Springsteen~
