(A) Joey comes from a sacred part of town 
               Where sometimes you (F#m) talk so tough 
               Your feet don't touch the ground 
               And the  (A) sidewalk soldiers sing their midnite blues 
               While the (F#m) old men recite their story lines 
               About when I was young like you 
               Chorus: 
               They say: (A) Oh (D)yeah 
               We were cruising to the backbeat (A) (D) 
               (A) Oh  (D) yeah, making love in the (E) backseats 
               We were (A) wild, (D)wild in the (Bm) streets 
               (A) Wild, (D)wild in the (Bm) streets 
               A member of the (A) boy's brigade 
               Had a date with the girl next door 
               You know it made (F#m) her daddy crazy 
               But it only made her want him more 
               They weren't (A) looking for trouble 
               You know that boy didn't want a fight - not tonight 
               So she (F#m) headed out thru the bathroom window 
               What her daddy didn't know was gonna be alright 
               Chorus 
               (A) Sometimes this town ain't pretty 
               But you know it ain't so bad 
               Just like a (F#m) girl who looks so happy 
               When inside she's so sad 
               In (A) here we got this code of honor 
               Nobody's going down 
               You don't (F#m)walk in vain 
               Through the kid's parade 
               'Cause this is my hometown 
               Wild...