street rats hanging out with the house cats i came from the dust bowl and i was working for an orange grove and all i got was a bloody nose i came for the scenery and i woke up in the shrubbery i think i hit another pharmacy i ve been through liquor stores and jewelry stores banks tanks and music scores i ve had busted scores open sores and morning whores yourself to the night before can t you tell that these helicopters haunt me house cats making moves on the street rats and every single motel room is shady street rats making out with the house cats sending those boys up to the hollywood hills i said take what s yours energy is courtesy of pharmacy pills you know it feels so pure and when we touch you know it seems like we re one big machine picking up speed somewhere in the valley bring it to the city walked real fast down the boulevard tourists taking pictures of the sidewalk stars and all those pretty boys with the sideways scars all stood at attention never asked to be king of these rats this position it just kind of fell in my lap and they were back to back and i was back to back house cats making love to the street rats