(R. Hall, E. King, G. Rossington)

I snuck around the corner he had this guy down

I through the first punch that's when he hit the ground

To survive in the street you gotta win the first round

'Cause if you want eat you gotta be the baddest one around

I'm a backstreet crawler



Daddy paid for college I earned a degree

Got a job up on Wall Street

Where I learned to make the little man bleed

That's when I got stomped like a cattle stampede

Had a nervous breakdown all my friends and family left me



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Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler

When you see them on the concrete it's their spirit that's harder

Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler

Where your ego meets defeat and your pride can't get no smaller

Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler

Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler



I guess you might say it sure is a shame

I used to have everything oh how my life has changed

Yeah I'm broken and torn I've never been free

Lost everything that meant a thing to me



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