BACKSTREETS
One soft infested summer
Me and Terry became friends
Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in
Catching rides to the outskirts
Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in
Catching rides to the outskirts
Tying faith between our teeth
Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house
Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house
Getting wasted in the heat
And hiding on the backstreets
And hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
With a love so hard and filled with defeat
Running for our lives at night on them backstreets
Slow dancing in the dark
With a love so hard and filled with defeat
Running for our lives at night on them backstreets
Slow dancing in the dark
On the beach at Stockton
Where desperate lovers park
Where desperate lovers park
We sat with the last of the Duke Street
Huddled in our cars
Huddled in our cars
Waiting for the bells that ring
In the deep heart of the night
In the deep heart of the night
When you let loose of everything
To go running on the backstreets
To go running on the backstreets
Running on the backstreets
Terry you swore we'd live forever
Taking it on them backstreets together
Endless juke joints and Valentino drag
Where dancers scraped the tears up off the street dressed down in rags
Running into the darkness
Terry you swore we'd live forever
Taking it on them backstreets together
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 that whole damn city crying
Blame it on the lies that killed us
At night sometimes it seemed you could hear that 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
You can blame it all on me Terry
It don't matter to me now
When the breakdown hit at midnight
When the breakdown hit at midnight
There was nothing left to say
But I hated him
But I hated him
And I hated you when you went away
Now laying here in the dark
Now laying here in the dark
You're like an angel on my chest
Just another tramp of hearts
Just another tramp of hearts
Crying tears of faithlessness
Remember all the movies, Terry, we'd go see
Trying to learn how to walk like the heroes
Remember all the movies, Terry, we'd go see
Trying to learn how to walk like the heroes
We thought we had to be
Well after all this time to find
Well after all this time to find
We're just like all the rest
Stranded in the park
Stranded in the park
And forced to confess
To hiding on the backstreets
To hiding on the backstreets
Hiding on the backstreets
Where we swore forever friends
On the backstreets until the end
Where we swore forever friends
On the backstreets until the end
(*) SAD EYES (INTERLUDE)
(07-07-1978, West Hollywood , CA
…To the end
I remember you
Baby I remember you
Standing on the corner
Of Richmond Avenue
And I remember I'd
I remember back then I'd
I'd drive all night
I swore I'd drive all night
Just to buy you some shoes
And to taste
And to taste your tender charms
To have you hold me in your arms
To have you hold me in your arms
And for just one look
For just one look
From your sad eyes
You had such pretty sad eyes
You had such pretty sad eyes
I remember they cried all night
They cried all night
We let 'em cry 'til they're all cried out
They cried all night
Baby they cried all night
And I hated you
But only me and you knew
But baby only me and you knew
The way they could lie
The way they could lie
They could tell such pretty lies
They could tell such pretty lies
And now you're back
And now you're back
Well little girl, I'm back too
And I've been out, and I've seen some things
Yeah I've been out, and I've seen some things
I've been out, and I've seen some things
And baby I've learned a thing or two
About me and you
And all I wanna know is why
All I wanna know's why
All I wanna know's why
Why
Baby I wanna know why
Baby just
I want you, I want you
To look into my face
Just look into my face
Just look into my face
Look into my face
Look into my face
Look into my face
And tell me why
Why, I want to know why
You lied
You lied
You lied
And we'll go
I remember you
Baby I remember you
Standing on the corner
Of Richmond Avenue
And I remember I'd
I remember back then I'd
I'd drive all night
I swore I'd drive all night
Just to buy you some shoes
And to taste
And to taste your tender charms
To have you hold me in your arms
To have you hold me in your arms
And for just one look
For just one look
From your sad eyes
You had such pretty sad eyes
You had such pretty sad eyes
I remember they cried all night
They cried all night
We let 'em cry 'til they're all cried out
They cried all night
Baby they cried all night
And I hated you
But only me and you knew
But baby only me and you knew
The way they could lie
The way they could lie
They could tell such pretty lies
They could tell such pretty lies
And now you're back
And now you're back
Well little girl, I'm back too
And I've been out, and I've seen some things
Yeah I've been out, and I've seen some things
I've been out, and I've seen some things
And baby I've learned a thing or two
About me and you
And all I wanna know is why
All I wanna know's why
All I wanna know's why
Why
Baby I wanna know why
Baby just
I want you, I want you
To look into my face
Just look into my face
Just look into my face
Look into my face
Look into my face
Look into my face
And tell me why
Why, I want to know why
You lied
You lied
You lied
And we'll go
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
CALLEJONES
Un infecto verano suave
Terry y yo trazamos amistad
Tratando de respirar en vano el fuego en que nacimos
Capturando paseos a las afueras
Sujetando la fe entre los dientes
Durmiendo en esa vieja casa abandonada de la playa
Consumiéndonos en el calor
Consumiéndonos en el calor
Y escondiéndonos en los callejones
Escondiéndonos en los callejones
Con un amor tan duro y lleno de derrota
Corriendo por nuestras vidas de noche por los callejones
Bailando lentamente en la oscuridad
En la playa de Stockton's Wing
Donde amantes desesperados aparcan
Nos sentábamos con los últimos reyes de Duke Street
Acurrucados en los coches
Esperando que sonaran las campanas
En el profundo corazón de la noche
Cuando te liberabas de todo
Para ir corriendo por los callejones
Corriendo por los callejones
Terry, juramos vivir para siempre
Resistiendo juntos en esos callejones
Interminables tabernas baratas y Valentinos disfrazados
Donde bailarinas recogían las lágrimas de la calle vestidas con harapos
Donde bailarinas recogían las lágrimas de la calle vestidas con harapos
Huyendo hacia la oscuridad
Algunos mal heridos, otros agonizando
De noche a veces parecía que podías oír a la maldita ciudad entera gritando
Culpa a las mentiras que nos mataron
Culpa a la verdad que nos detuvo
Puedes culparme a mí, Terry
Ahora ya no me importa
Cuando la crisis golpeó a medianoche
Ya no quedaba nada por decir
Pero le odié
Y te odié a ti cuando te fuiste
Acostado aquí en la oscuridad
Eres como un ángel en mi pecho
Sólo otro vagabundo de corazones
Llorando lágrimas de deslealtad
Recuerda todas esas películas, Terry, que fuimos a ver
Intentando aprender a caminar como los héroes
Que creíamos que teníamos que ser
Y después de todo este tiempo descubrir
Que somos como todos los demás
Atrapados en el parque
Y forzados a confesar
Y escondiéndonos en los callejones
Escondiéndonos en los callejones
Donde juramos amistad eterna
En los callejones, hasta el final
(*) TRISTES OJOS (INTERMEDIO)
(07-07-1978, West Hollywood, CA)
…hasta el final
Te recuerdo
Cariño, te recuerdo
Te recuerdo
Cariño, te recuerdo
Esperando en la esquina
De Richmond Avenue
Y recuerdo que yo
Recuerdo que entonces yo
Conduciría toda la noche
Juré que conduciría toda la noche
Sólo para comprarte unos zapatos
Y probar
Y probar tus tiernos encantos
Tenerte abrazándome entre tus brazos
Tenerte abrazándome entre tus brazos
Y por sólo una mirada
Por sólo una mirada
De tus tristes ojos
Tenías unos tristes ojos tan bonitos
Tenías unos tristes ojos tan bonitos
Recuerdo que lloraban toda la noche
Lloraban toda la noche
Y les dejábamos llorar hasta terminar
Lloraban toda la noche
Cariño, lloraban toda la noche
Y te odié
Pero sólo tú y yo sabíamos
Pero, cariño, sólo tú y yo sabíamos
Cómo podían mentir
Cómo podían mentir
Podían decir mentiras tan piadosas
Podían decir mentiras tan piadosas
Y ahora has regresado
Y ahora has regresado
Bien, pequeña, yo también he regresado
Y he estado fuera, y he visto algunas cosas
Sí, he estado fuera, y he visto algunas cosas
He estado fuera, y he visto algunas cosas
Y, cariño, he aprendido un par de cosas
Sobre tú y yo
Y todo lo que quiero saber es porqué
Todo lo que quiero saber es porqué
Todo lo que quiero saber es porqué
Porqué
Cariño, quiero saber porqué
Cariño, simplemente
Te pido, te pido
Que me mires a la cara
Sólo mírame a la cara
Sólo mírame a la cara
Mírame a la cara
Mírame a la cara
Mírame a la cara
Y dime porqué
Porqué, quiero saber porqué
Mentiste
Mentiste
Mentiste
Y partiremos
Escondiéndonos en los callejones
Escondiéndonos en los callejones
Escondiéndonos en los callejones
Escondiéndonos en los callejones
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