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BACKSTREETS 
Live 28 Oct 1976 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, hey!
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 when you let loose of everything
To go running on the backstreets, whoaaa
We swore we'd live forever
On the them 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 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, 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
Whoa-whoa
Whoa
Now 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 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, hey!
On the backstreets until the end
Until the end
Just me and you baby
We steal away
We could steal away
We could slip away
We could slip away
I could
I could take all my money out of the bank
You could quit your job
I'd quit my job too
Hmmm
We could slip
We could slip away
When we hear the bells
We can slip away
And if
And if
And
And if we never make it to one place, so what
Hmmm-whoaaaaaa
We'll go
We can go
We'll go
We can go
We will go
We can go
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
To go hiding on the backstreets tonight
Alright
Alright
On the backstreets
Whoa-whoa
Whoa-whoa
Whoaaa-whoaaa-whoaaa
Hmmm
Page last updated: 21 Oct 2010
Info
The above lyrics are for the live 28 Oct 1976 performance of BACKSTREETS at
Palladium in New York City, NY, during the Lawsuit Tour.
Promotional ad for the 1976 six-night stand at Palladium, New York City, NY
[Taken from Brucebase] |
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Ticket stub for the 28 Oct 1976 show at Palladium, New York City, NY
[Taken from Brucebase] |
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