Let me take you for a ride

Far away from the upper side

Oh, we're going down to the mean street Johnny's got a brand new 38

He thinks it's gonna cure his hate

Oh, it's all done in the mean street

Oh, it's the state of grace

And it's all done in the mean street, yeah Take my hand and close your pretty eyes

It's gonna hurt so much

When summer hits the New York sky

Oh no, it's all done in the mean street God, I love this stormy cloud

Where all nasty girls, they like it loud

Oh, it's all good in the mean streets You know, Diane had her grand debut here

And Michael couldn't even tell if it was pleasure or fear

It's all done in the mean street

And it's my little state of grace

It goes down in the mean street, yeah Take my hand and close your pretty eyes

It's gonna hurt so much

When summer hits the New York sky

Oh no, it's all done in the mean street The heights, the sights, the green, the scarred

The easy way of doing everything hard, the fashion

Oh, I hate that street with passion, yeah Take my hand and close your pretty eyes

It's gonna hurt so much

When summer hits the New York sky

Oh no, it's all done in the mean street

It's all done in the mean street

It's all done in the mean street It's all done in the mean street

It's all done in the mean street

It's all done in the mean street

It's all done in the mean street

It's all done in the mean street

It's all done in the mean street