In the Avenues and Alleyways br where a man's gotta work out which side he's on br anyway he chooses br chances are he loses br no one gets to live too long br br The Avenues and Alleyways br where the soul of a man is easy to buy br everybody's wheelin' br everybody's steelin' br all the low are livin' high br br Every city's got 'em br can we ever stop 'em br some of us are gonna try.