Beg steal borrow desire

A child's heart seemed to expire

No denying a city's a jungle

Rats in the backyard



Big city, hopeless and rough

A child's life stone-cold and tough

Little sneaker, alley sleeper

Prince of the backyard



No career, no tomorrow

A child's day of hunger and sorrow

All dreams lost and decayed

In the dirt of the backyard



Kid from skid row

Tough heart, Hobo



Backstreet boy

Got no joy

But knows how to Cheat on you



Kid from skid row

Backyard, black heart

Kid from skid row

Tough heart, Hobo