| When I left my home behind me
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| And I heard that screen door slam
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| I fell that no one knew me
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| And that no one gave a damn
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| Always scrappin' with my momma
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| Always fightin' with my old man
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| We had one hard fight too many
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| So I packed my bags and ran
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| Yeah, I headed for the city
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| Where the knock-down people go
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| Where the lights are on till morning
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| And it’s anything but slow
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| So I fell in with some strangers
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| And the first thing that they done
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| Was to take my leather jacket
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| And then kick my head for fun
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| And it’s hard, hard
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| Livin' the street life
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| Sleepin' in doorways wrapped in cardboard
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| Gettin' sicker day by day
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| Yes, it’s hard, hard
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| Livin' the street life
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| And I wish I had some way of gettin' away
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| I met up with a kid named Luis
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| And he knew his way around
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| He knew ev’ry inch of the subway
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| And his life was underground
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| He was very hard on people
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| Who would work from nine to five
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| But he sold his body to them
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| And he called it stayin' alive
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| When it’s cold and wet and lonely
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| It can hurt you really bad
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| And you think about the family
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| That you never really had
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| With a hunger in your belly
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| And a fever startin' to burn
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| You’ve got the freedom of the city
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| But you’ve got nowhere to turn
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| ‘Cause it’s hard, hard
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| Livin' the street life
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| Sleepin' in doorways wrapped in cardboard
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| Gettin' sicker day by day
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| Yes, it’s hard, hard
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| Livin' the street life
|
| And I wish I had some way of gettin' away
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| When I left my home behind me
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| And I heard that screen door slam
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| I fell that no one knew me
|
| And that no one gave a damn
|
| Always scrappin' with my momma
|
| Always fightin' with my old man
|
| We had one hard fight too many
|
| So I packed my bags and ran
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| But it’s hard, hard
|
| Livin' the street life
|
| Sleepin' in hallways wrapped in cardboard
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| Gettin' sicker day by day
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| Yes, it’s hard, hard
|
| Livin' the street life
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| And I wish I had some way of gettin' away
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| Gettin' away (Gettin' away)
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| Gettin' away (Gettin' away)
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| Gettin' away (Gettin' away)
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| Gettin' away (Gettin' away)
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| Gettin' away
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| Gettin' away
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| (Hard, hard, hard)
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| (Hard, hard, hard) |