So they caught you with the smokin' gun

I know you never meant to hurt no one

It's just sometimes... life can come undone

And baby that's when they bury you young

A casual fool in an uptight world

You're feeling hunted...hungry

in the shadows

But sister all of that anger

Won't get you back your freedom

Now you're waiting for some new messiah

To rise up from these dirty streets

The answers don't come easy but

Baby life's never been kind

On a dead end street

We're left to live here or die on our own

On a dead end street

You gotta fight to survive

When you're down

On a dead end street

On a dead end street

Said you were never given much of a life

But why take yourself down harder?

Faith can heal what fate can undo

You gotta believe in you

We may never find our new messiah

To rise up from these dirty streets

And we may never know the answers

But halt that's the life we've known

On a dead end street

We're left to live here or die on our own

On a dead end street

You gotta fight to survive

When you're down

On a dead end street

When the streets get cold and hard

And the truth is even harder

Remember baby you're not so alone

On a dead end street

We're left to live here or die on our own

On a dead end street

You've got to fight to survive

When you're down

On a dead end street

You've gotta joy here or die

You decide

On a dead end street

It's not easier when you're hurt baby

Oh when you're down

On a dead end street

No no no

You now so low baby

On a dead end street

On a dead end street