it s safe in the city to love in a doorway wrangle some screams from the dawn and isn t it me putting pain in a stranger like a portrait in flesh trails on a leash will you see that i m scared and i m lonely so i ll break up my room and yawn and i ll run to the center of things where the knowing one says boys boys its a sweet thing boys boys its a sweet thing sweet thing if you want it boys get it here thing cause hope boys is a cheap thing cheap thing i m glad that you re older than me makes me feel important and free does that make you smile isn t that me i m in your way and i ll steal every moment if this trade is a curse then i ll bless you and turn to crossroads and hamburgers boys boys its a sweet thing boys boys its a sweet thing sweet thing if you want it boys get it here then cause hope boys is a cheap thing cheap thing i ll make you a deal like any other candidate we ll pretend we re walking home cause your future s at stake my set is amazing it even smells like a street there s a bar at the end where i can meet you and your friend someone scrawled on the wall i smell the blood of les tricoteuses who wrote up scandals in other bars i m having so much fun with the poisonous people spreading rumors and lies and stories they made up some make you sing and some make you scream one makes you wish that you d never been seen but there s a shop on the corner that s selling papier mache making bullet proof faces charlie manson cassius clay if you want it boys get it here thing so you scream out of line i want you i need you anyone out there any time tres butch little number whines hey dirty i want you when it s good it s really good and when it s bad i go to pieces if you want it boys get it here thing well on the street where you live i could not hold up my head for i put all i have in another bed on another floor in the back of a car in the cellar of a church with the door ajar well i guess we must be looking for a different kind but we can t stop trying til we break up our minds til the sun drips blood on the seedy young knights who press you on the ground while shaking in fright i guess we could cruise down one more time with you by my side it should be fine we ll buy some drugs and watch a band then jump in the river holding hands  boys boys its a sweet thing boys boys its a sweet thing sweet thing if you want it boys get it here then cause hope boys is a cheap thing cheap thing if you want it boys get it here thing cause hope boys is a cheap thing cheap thing is it nice in your snow storm freezing your brain do you think that your face looks the same then let it be it s all i ever wanted it s a street with a deal and a taste it s got claws it s got me it s got you 