Uptown Streets

On a Saturday night, in the year of the Summer of Sam

I was truly scared, for the first nine years I ran

It was a mighty fine day in the USA, I bet

Yeah, I wrote it on the back of my hand, so I wouldn't forget

Those uptown streets

We all drive down

They may be worn out, be broken, and yet somehow

They carried so many

Of us to safety

Those uptown streets

We walk those now

Gotta keep your eyes wide open all the time

Gotta keep your focus on the bigger prize

I was buying one cent candies at the corner store

Riding BMX like a paper delivery boy

Those uptown streets

We all drive down

They may be worn out, be broken, and yet somehow

They carried so many

Of us to safety

Those uptown streets

We walk those now

Yeah

We still walk those streets

We still walk those streets

Those uptown streets

We all drive down

They may be worn out, be broken, and yet somehow

They carried so many

Of us to safety

Those uptown streets

We walk those now