The Kids of the Backstreet

# **"THE KIDS OF THE BACKSTREET"** Hey boys... Pull up your drape jackets... Comb your quiffs... Tonight... we own the streets! --- We were kids from the backstreet lane, Old blue jeans and summer rain. Second-hand shoes but hearts of gold, Dreaming loud before sixteen years old. --- Saturday nights beneath the lights, Trading stories, picking fights. Not for trouble, not for fame, Rock 'n' Roll was our only game. --- We wore our jackets proud and neat, Leather soles upon the street. Every corner knew our names, Every night looked just the same. --- Old café with the jukebox sound, Best piano around the town. Nickel in and volume high, We were born to never die. --- **Hey! Hey!** We're the kids of the backstreet crowd! **Hey! Hey!** We sing our Rock 'n' Roll loud! **Side by side till the morning light,** **Nothing ever felt so right.** **Hey! Hey!** We'll be rockers all our lives! --- ** --- Every gang had its own old king, Every laugh made the whole street sing. Broken bikes and scraped-up knees, Living wild and feeling free. --- Girls would smile as we'd walk by, Pompadours reaching for the sky. Red lipstick and polka dots, Young forever—that's what we thought. --- Police whistles in the air, We kept dancing without a care. Nothing rich and nothing grand, Just good friends and a helping hand. --- Every record left a mark, Every chorus lit the dark. Elvis, Gene and Eddie too, Showed us what our hearts could do. --- **Hey! Hey!** We're the kids of the backstreet crowd! **Hey! Hey!** We sing our Rock 'n' Roll loud! **Side by side till the morning light,** **Nothing ever felt so right.** **Hey! Hey!** We'll be rockers all our lives! --- --- Time moved on but not our souls, Still chasing those old Rock 'n' Roll goals. Grey may come into our hair, But Teddy pride is always there. --- If tomorrow calls our names, We'll still wear those old blue flames. Backstreet brothers till the end, Rock 'n' Roll will never bend. --- **Hey! Hey!** We're the kids of the backstreet crowd! **Hey! Hey!** Forever young and forever loud! **From the alley to the big bright stage,** **Rock 'n' Roll will never age!** **Hey! Hey!** Raise your voices, sing it proud! **Hey! Hey!** We're the Teddy Boys of the crowd! ---