January 20, 2014

Backstreets (live in Toronto, 1984)



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 
but I hated him and I hated you 
when you went away
.
we swore forever friends 
on the backstreets until the end