G.B.H. - Avenues And Alleyways lyrics

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Sleep like a baby,<br />

My little lady.<br />

Dream 'till the sunrise, creeps into your eyes,<br />

Dream 'till the sunrise turns on the day.<br />

In the avenues and alleyways,<br />

While you sleep there's a whole world coming alive.<br />

Abel and his brother, fighting one another,<br />

In and out of every dive.<br />

The avenues and alleyways<br />

Where the strong and the quick alone can survive,<br />

Look around the jungle, see the rough and tumble,<br />

Listen to a squealer cry.<br />

Then a little later, in the morning paper,<br />

Read about the way he died.<br />

Wake up my pretty,<br />

Go to the city.<br />

Stay through the daytime, safe in the sunshine,<br />

Stay 'till the daytime turns into night.<br />

The avenues and alleyways<br />

Where a man's gotta' workout which side he's on.<br />

Anyway he chooses, chances are he loses,<br />

No-one get's to live too long.<br />

The avenues and alleyways<br />

Where the soul of a man is easy to buy,<br />

Everybody wheelin', everbody dealin',<br />

All of the low are living a high.<br />

Every city's got 'em, can we ever stop 'em ?<br />

Some of us .. .. are gonna try.