Joey comes from a sacred part of town
Where sometimes you talk so tough
That 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
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 through her bathroom window
What her daddy didn’t know was gonna be alright
They said: Oh yeah
We were cruising to the backbeat
Oh yeah, making love in the backseat
We were wild, wild in the streets
Wild, wild in the streets
Wild, wild in the streets
Wild, wild in the streets
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

She wakes up when I sleep to talk to ghosts like in the movies
If you don’t follow what I mean, I sure don’t mean to be confusing
They say when she laughs she wants to cry
She’ll draw a crowd then try to hide
Don’t know if it’s her or just my mind I’m losing

Nobody knows a wildflower still grows
By the side of the road
And she don’t need to need like the roses
Wildflower

That girl’s sure put a spell on me
Yeah, her voodoos hidden right behind her pocket
If she’s fire, I’m gasoline
Yeah, we fight a lot but neither wants to stop it
Well, she’ll tell you she’s an only child until you meet her brothers
Swear she’s never met the man she couldn’t make into a lover

Nobody knows a wildflower still grows
By the side of the road
And she don’t need to need like the roses
She’s at home with the weeds
And just as free as the night breeze
She’s got the cool of a shade tree
She’s growin’ on me and I can’t live with out her

Yesterday’s a memory
Tomorrow’s accessory
That’s her favorite quote about regret
Well, she’ll tell you ‘bout her pedigree
With a sailor’s mouth he’d have left at sea and it ain’t over yet

Nobody knows…
Nobody knows… a wildflower still grows
By the side of the road
And she don’t need to need like the roses, the roses
She feels at home with the weeds
And just as free as the night breeze
She’s got the cool of a shade tree
She’s growin’ on me and I can’t live without her
But nobody knows…
Nobody knows…
Nobody knows…
Nobody knows…
That’s right…

She wakes up when I sleep to talk to ghosts like in the movies.

I got the letter you left under my door
Knocked me on my ass to the floor
Never knew two words could take such a bite
It said, “Dear Jon, Hello. Goodbye.”

I saw your car parked outside Motel Cascade
Saw two shadows go to town on the shade
I can’t believe my own lyin’ eyes, oh my
It better be your girlfriend I saw going down some other guy
You told me you loved me, ‘til death do us part
So tell me there’s a tombstone where there used to be a heart

Chorus:
You said you couldn’t live without me
So why aren’t you dead?
Instead of six feet under you’re in someone else’s bed
There’s just one thing that I can’t get through my head
You said you couldn’t live without me so why aren’t you dead?

I cut your face out of our old photographs
And all the junk you left behind’s in the trash
Well, I hoped you were a goner for sure
Well, there’s been a resurrection, yeah, a miracle cure

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
If you can’t trust the livin’ baby who can you trust?

Chorus:
You said you couldn’t live without me
So why aren’t you dead?
Instead of six feet under you’re in someone else’s bed
There’s just one thing that I can’t get through my head
You said you couldn’t live without me so why aren’t you dead?

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
If you can’t trust the livin’ baby who can you trust?

Chorus:
You said you couldn’t live without me
So why aren’t you dead?
Instead of six feet under you’re in someone else’s bed
There’s just one thing that I can’t get through my head
You said you couldn’t live without me baby, so why aren’t you dead?

You said you couldn’t live with out me, what a surprise!
Instead of laying you out I’m laying down on the line
You spend my hard-earned money, you left me in the red
You said you couldn’t live without me…. so why aren’t you dead?

Why aren’t you dead?