Backstreet

There's a girl
With a baby in her arms on backstreet
She must be every bit of fifteen years old
She'll scream for help
But it won't mean a thing
'Cause we just can't hear
When there's no wedding ring
She's on backstreet, yeah, yeah

Old man livin' all alone on backstreet
He's been livin' there for a million tears
No food or money to speak of
No wife or family making bad times good
And his best companions are his worst fears

And all alone in the dead of night
He finds a friend in the blade
He еnds his fight on backstreet

And in the broad daylight
There's a murdеr going down
She gonna turn
Her two heartbeats into one

And she thinks it's too late
To be wrong or right
'Cause it seems no one cares
About her plight
For it's out of our minds
And out of our sight
While on go the silent screams
And the fight on backstreet
I said, backstreet
(Down on backstreet)

And the young street warriors
Are on the path tonight
They're bitter and they're deadly
They're lookin' for a fight
It's a sad, sad story but we never cry
'Cause it's an everyday thing
When people die on...

Backstreet
Things are going down around the crown
Backstreet
It's happenin' in your hometown
Backstreet
Yeah, the times are gettin' hard
Compassion calls for action
From your own backyard on backstreet

Down on backstreet
My church ain't on the same avenue
Yeah, yeah, on backstreet
I said, backstreet
There's a girl and a man
There's a whole wide world
Down on backstreet, yeah

Down on backstreet
There's a girl and a man
There's a whole wide world
Down, down on backstreet
Somebody go down on backstreet
Hey!