I was born down in the backstreet a mighty long time ago I didn't learn too well at school and my daddy he told me so I became a musician so you can see that I'm standing here But all the things that I do for you is making this life very clear Hey down in the backstreet So if you're born down in the backstreet you've got a mighty bad time But I've been telling you people that I've been somewhere down the line But I became a musician so you can see that I'm standing here All the things I do for you is making this life very clear Hey down in the backstreet So if you're born down in the backstreet you've got a mighty bad time I've been telling you people that I've been there somewhere down the line I became a musician so you can see I'm standing here All the things that I do for you is making this life very clear Hey down in the backstreet