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Live 20 Dec 1978 version
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, say!
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 that set us free from everything
To go running on the backstreets, running on the backstreets
We swore we'd live forever
On the backstreets we'd 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 that whole damn city crying
Blame it on the lies that killed us, on the truth that ran us down
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
I hated him and I hated you when you went away
Whoah, whoah
Now laying here in the dark, yu'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 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 hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
We swore forever friends
On the backstreets until the end
Till the end
This is me and you baby
Little girl, I remember you
Baby, I remember you
From down on Richmond Avenue
From down on Richmond Avenue
With your hair piled up high
And that look in your eye
For every boy that was passing by
And I remember that when he held your hand
You looked so satisfied
He looked so satisfied
And I remember you checking outside of town
And I remember that stripped won Cadillac
And I remember you riding in back
Baby riding in back
Yeah, riding in back
And I swore I'd take you any place if you wanted to go
I swore for you I'd drive all night
Any time, any place
I'd drive all night
Any time, any place
I'd drive all night
Just to see your face
Just to buy you some shoes
And just to check you out
And just to buy you a Christmas present
I'd drive all night
I remember I swore that I'd drive all night
And I remember you promised that you would never leave without me
You promised that you would never leave without me
And I remember, like everything else from back then,
Like everyone else from those days,
That you promised
You promised
But baby, you lied
Baby you lied
Baby you lied
Baby you lied
Baby you lied
Baby you li-li-li-li-li-lied
Yes you li-li-li-li-li-lied
Baby you li-li-li-li-li-lied
Pretty li-li-li-li-li-li-lie
You were too young and you could tell such sweet lies
You could tell such pretty lies
And now you're back
And now I want to know why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
Why
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
It's alright
We'll go hiding on the backstreets tonight
On the backstreets, on the backstreets
On the backstreets, on the backstreets
On the backstreets
Whoah, whoah, whoah, whoah
Whoah, whoah, oh oh, whoah, whoah, oh
The above lyrics are for the live 20 Dec 1978 performance of BACKSTREETS at Seattle Center Arena in Seattle, WA, during the Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour.
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
List of available versions of BACKSTREETS on this website:
BACKSTREETS [Album version]