Out on Allen Street, it's 7 in the morning If I help him up, will he give me fair warning? Let me lick the wounds I got while I was out last night Wish you were here with me but Your girlfriend's wasting your time Nothing's gonna last forever I feel better safe than sorry Nothing's gonna last forever Nothing's gonna last forever I feel better safe than sorry Nothing's gonna last forever Out on Bowery at midnight in the summer I can't help but smile when she says I'm her lover Back in Harlem now, you won't even call me Cut myself up, now it makes me feel more holy Nothing's gonna last forever I feel better safe than sorry Nothing's gonna last forever Nothings gonna last forever I feel better safe than sorry Nothing's gonna last forever