Live 25 Aug 1984 version
Whoahohoh, whoahohohohohoh
Whoahoah, whoahohohohohohoah
Hmmwhoahohoah, whoaaaaaaahohoah
Whoahohoh, whoahohohohoh
I miss you so much
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
I remember, I remember that we swore on it
I remember that we said that
That if I got out first, if I got out first I'll help you
If you got out first you'll help me
And we swore on it, and we swore on it
And we swore that it will be forever and forever and forever
And you said it was nothing but a promise
You said that it was just, just a promise
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
On the backstreets
Oh
Whohohoah, whoah ohhh ohh ohh ohh whoahoh
The above lyrics are for the live 25 Aug 1984 performance of BACKSTREETS at Capital Centre in Largo, MD, during the Born In The U.S.A. Tour. This version of BACKSTREETS includes an extended intro and a short "Sad Eyes" interlude.
Thanks Chris at born2run.de for the lyrics help.
List of available versions of BACKSTREETS on this website:
BACKSTREETS [Album version]