138th Street

I hear that you got yourself a house

And all your friends, you'd finally figured out

But you go out in the night 'til you got no place to go

I see you on the corner where you're trying to use the phone

Everyone will say you've missed your chance

Everyone will say you've lost your edge

It's just something that you've heard about a thousand times before

And every time you're falling, then you'll see me on the floor

And someday, when you turn around

You'll take a wife and start a life

It won't be long

It won't be long

I hear that you got yourself a job

And all your friends, you'd finally nailed down

But you go out in the night 'til you got no place to go

Something you ain't doing right is haunting you at home

Now we've been hanging 'round for quite a while

So let's get out of here and take a drive

On the parkway tonight, you can hear the engines roar

The flashing lights will nab you when you're driving your way home

And someday, when you turn around, you'll see the door is closing