BACKSTREETS^©

Live 20 Mar 1988 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
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 hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
We swore we'd live forever
Just take it on those backstreets 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, whoaaah

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
Just me and you baby

[duet with Patty Scialfa:]
Hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
Yes hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
We'll go hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
We'll go hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
We'll go hiding on the backstreets, on the backstreets
We'll go hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets

We'll go hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
We'll go hiding on the backstreets, we'll go hiding on the backstreets
We'll go hiding on the backstreets, we'll go hiding on the backstreets
We'll go hiding on the backstreets, we'll go hiding on the backstreets
We'll go hiding on the backstreets, we'll go hiding on the backstreets
We'll go hiding on the backstreets, we'll go hiding on the backstreets
We'll go hiding on the backstreets, we'll go hiding on the backstreets

It's alright
We'll go hiding on the backstreets tonight

We'll go hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
We'll go hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
We'll go hiding on the backstreets

Whohohoah, whoah whoahohohoh hmmhmmhmmhmmoa

Page last updated: 00 Xxx 2008

The above lyrics are for the 20 Mar 1988 performance at the Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, during the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour. This version features a vocal duet with and has some minor lyrical changes from the album's version.

List of available versions of BACKSTREETS on this website:

• Album's version (more details)

Thanks Chris at born2run.de for the lyrics help.