Backstreets [Hammersmith Odeon, London ’75]

Lyrics

[Verse 1] One soft infested summer, me and Terry became friends Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in Catching rides from the outskirts, tying faith between our teeth Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house, getting wasted in the heat [Chorus 1] Hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets With a love so hard and filled with defeat Running for your lives at night on them backstreets [Verse 2] 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 to set us loose from everything [Chorus 2] To go running on the backstreets Running on the backstreets We swore we'd live forever On the backstreets we made it together, together [Bridge] 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 the whole damn city crying Blame it on the lies that killed us, blame it 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 I hated him and I hated you when you went away [Verse 3] 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, that we'd go see Trying to learn how to walk like the heroes we thought we had to be And after all this time to find we're just like all the rest Stranded in the park, forced to confess [Chorus 3] To hiding on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets We swore forever friends On the backstreets until the end, until the end, baby [Refrain] Hiding on the backstreets On the backstreets 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, 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 Hiding on the backstreets, on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets, on the backstreets Hiding on the backstreets, on the backstreets On the backstreets, on the backstreets