BACKSTREETS^©

Live 21 Jun 1985 version

Whoahohoh, whoahohohohohoh,
Whoahoah, whoahohohohohoah,
Hmmwhoahoah, Hmmmm whoaaaaaaahohoah
Whoahohoh, whoahohohohoh
I wish you come back, will you coming back?

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
Hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
With a love so hard and filled with defeat
Running for our lives at night out on those 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 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 that whole damn city crying
Blame it on the lies that killed us, 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
'Cept I hated him, and I hated you when you went away
Whoah, whoah

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 in vain to walk like the heroes we thought we had to be
Then 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

Until the end
I remember that you promised
That if you got out first, you'd help me
And if I got out first, I'd help you
I remember that we, we promised
And we swore that there was nothing, never nothing that could ever pull us apart
We said it'd last forever and forever and forever

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, on the backstreets
Oh

Whohohoah, whoah ohhh ohh ohh whoahohohoh

Page last updated: 00 Xxx 2008

The above lyrics are for the 21 Jun 1985 performance at San Siro Stadium, Milan, Italy, during the Born In The USA Tour. This version of BACKSTREETS includes an extended intro and a short Sad Eyes interlude. It was also the last time BACKSTREETS was played on this tour.

List of available versions of BACKSTREETS on this website:

• Album's version (more details)

Thanks Chris at born2run.de for the lyrics help.