Top Songs By Dana Fuchs
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dana Fuchs
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dana Fuchs
Songwriter
Jon Diamond
Songwriter
Lyrics
she was standing on a back street - she was filling up her need
she was wanted in 4 counties - only days since she’d been freed
living for no reason she got nothin left to lose
left her baby back home cryin’ - her hunger was too deep
she gave up - even trying - to sing her back to sleep
living for no reason she got nothin left to lose
nothin to believe in - nothing left to prove
meet me down on the back street baby
my hands are dirty - my tongue is tied
i’ll give you love like a back street lady
share my shame in broad daylight
Backstreet Baby - Dana Fuchs
she’d been waiting for her mama - on the wrong side of the hate
scrapping for survival - too small to carry her own weight
fighting for a reason - she had everything to lose
some one to believe in - makes it easier to choose
(so she says)
meet me down on the back street baby
my hands are dirty - my tongue is tied
i’ll give you love like a back street lady
share my shame in broad daylight
Written by: Dana Fuchs, Jon Diamond