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