Sleep like a baby,
my little lady
Dream 'till the sunrise, creeps into your eyes,
dream 'till the sunrise turns on the day

In the avenues and alleyways,
while you sleep there's a whole world coming alive
Abel and his brother, fighting one another,
in and out of every dive

The avenues and alleyways

Where the strong and the quick alone can survive,
look around the jungle, see the rough and tumble,
listen to a squealer cry
Then a little later, in the morning paper,
read about the way he died

Wake up my pretty,
go to the city
Stay through the daytime, safe in the sunshine,
stay 'till the daytime turns into night

The avenues and alleyways

Where a man's gotta' workout which side he's on
Anyway he chooses, chances are he loses,
no-one get's to live too long

The avenues and alleyways

Where the soul of a man is easy to buy,
everybody wheelin', everbody dealin',
all of the low are living a high
Every city's got 'em, can we ever stop 'em ?
Some of us are gonna' try