Joey comes from a sacred part of town
Where
sometimes you talk so tough
That your feet don't touch the ground
And the
sidewalk soldiers sing their midnite blues
While the old men recite their
story lines
About when I was young like you
They say: Oh yeah
We were
cruising to the backbeat
Oh yeah, Making love in the backseats
We were
wild, wild in the streets
Wild, wild in the streets
A member of the
boy's brigade
Had a date with the girl next door
You know it made her
daddy crazy
But it only made her want him more
They weren't looking for
trouble
You know that boy didn't want a fight - not tonight
So she headed
out thru her bathroom window
What her daddy didn't know was gonna be
alright
They said: Oh yeah
We were cruising to the backbeat
Oh yeah,
Making love in the backseat
We were wild, wild in the streets
Wild, wild
in the streets
Wild, wild in the streets
Wild, wild in the
streets
Sometimes this town ain't pretty
But you know it ain't so
bad
Just like a girl who looks so happy
When inside she's so sad
In
here we got this code of honor
Nobody's going down
You don't walk in
vain
Through the kid's parade
'Cause this is my hometown