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