Sooner or later when the dawn was breaking
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The joint was jumping and the walls were shaking
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Joey sneaked in the backdoor way
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Pretending he was with the band, he never used to pay
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He was no great draw at pulling the chicks
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He used to lie against the wall like he was holding up the bricks
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And all the things that guy used to do to get his kicks
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He was a legand in his lifetime with the neighborhood kids
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They said "Joey did this" and "Joey did that"
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Oh that guy was crazy, what a crazy cat
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Then something strange would happen, there's trouble on the way
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And trouble only means one thing....
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Joey's on the street again.
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Joey grew older, older without a cause
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Got married, had some kids and had his brushes with the law
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Settled down and got a job, then said "I'm leaving" one day
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"I've gotta hang loose a while, take care while I'm away."
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People said they'd seen him, they were nearly always wrong
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'Cause no one knew how much he had, where he'd gone or for how long
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'Til one day there came a rumor, floating from the docks
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Saying a crazy stranger had been found lying among the rocks.
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The said "Joey was this" and "Joey was that"
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Oh that guy was crazy, what a crazy cat
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But no one quite believed it, all rumors are the same
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And now if something happens they say....
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Joey's on the street again.
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Joey's on the street again; he's on the street again
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When Joey moved away
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A lot of the kids said "I can't stay around here"
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They said "I'm moving out, going away
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They said "I'm leaving, getting out
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They said I'm leaving; I am leaving.
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"I'm gonna go somewhere where it doesn't stink
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Away from the alleys, somewhere I can think
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Wash the dirt from my hands, watch it wash down the sink
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It's a strain on the brain living close to the brink
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Look at the brickwall gravestone where some kid was sprayed
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Saying nobody could be bothered here to rule O.K.
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Don't believe it, don't believe it what they say on TV
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There's no romance, no romance
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For Joey in this city.
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Joey's on the Street Again
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