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               Joey comes from a sacred part of town 
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               Where sometimes you talk so tough 
 
               Your feet don't touch the ground 
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               And the  sidewalk soldiers sing their midnite blues 
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               While the old men recite their story lines 

               About when I was young like you 

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               They say: Oh yeah 
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               We were cruising to the backbeat  
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                Oh  yeah, making love in the backseats 
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               We were wild, wild in the streets 
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               Wild, wild in the streets 
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               A member of the boy's brigade 

               Had a date with the girl next door 
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               You know it made her daddy crazy 

               But it only made her want him more 
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               They weren't looking for trouble 

               You know that boy didn't want a fight - not tonight 
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               So she headed out thru the bathroom window 

               What her daddy didn't know was gonna be alright 

               Chorus 
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               Sometimes this town ain't pretty 

               But you know it ain't so bad 
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               Just like a girl who looks so happy 

               When inside she's so sad 
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               In here we got this code of honor 

               Nobody's going down 
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               You don't walk in vain 

               Through the kid's parade 

               'Cause this is my hometown 

               Wild...