You've been on the street Long enough now to know When you lose out there There ain't no place to go So survive Just be tough enough So you can hold your own Out here on the curb You ain't never alone It's alive Baby, under the boulevard lights Baby, under the boulevard lights We're runnin' the street tonight Under the boulevard lights That's where I live That's where I live my life Circlin' round the block For the seventeenth time White dude in a caddy Tryin' to make up his mind It feels right She's got one upstairs And another below Guys line up all night 'Cause they just wanna know If she's tight, so tight Baby, under the boulevard lights Baby, under the boulevard lights We're runnin' the streets tonight Under the boulevard lights That's where I live my life Come and run with me, baby On the streets tonight We're gonna get a little out of control Maybe, someday We'll make it out of this place But right now, we got no place to go It's the only life I know Buzzy's on the phone With the fix-it man Nicky's gettin' edgy Got a gun in his hand He's uptight Squeezes off a bullet I can see where it lands Undercover heat tells him To freeze where he stands Or he'll bite, there's no fight Baby, under the boulevard lights Baby, under the boulevard lights We're runnin' the streets tonight Under the boulevard lights That's where I live That's where I live my life Under the boulevard lights Baby, under the boulevard lights We're runnin' the streets tonight Under the boulevard lights Livin' my life on the streets Mean streets, cold lights, hot nights Baby, baby, baby (Under the boulevard lights) Baby, baby, baby (Under the boulevard lights) Day after day, after night, after night (Under the boulevard lights) (Under the boulevard lights) (Under the boulevard lights) (Under the boulevard lights) (Under the boulevard lights) (Under the boulevard lights) (Under the boulevard lights) (Under the boulevard lights)