Where the Action Is

Where the streets start getting wide

Well, you're movin' on down on the other side of the tracks

Once you cross that line, baby, there ain't no turning back

For some reason I don't ever want to see that place

That's where the action is, hey yeah

You hear the stories, you hear the lies

You hear the rumours, they criticize

They call you everything under the moon

And then they try to buy you with diamonds and rings and things

Well, move over, baby, gonna help you out of this mess

By the look of your face, well, you've been in it before, I guess

You're hangin' around like some kind of parasite or pest

And I just wanna tell you, come on, let's go

I know a place where it never grows

I know a place where the thing is, is

Well, I'm gonna tell you where the action is

Your mama's told you about whiskey and she's told you about beer

Well, shit they're drinkin' here, man, it don't nothing on that here

It turns you into a monster, it turns your mind insane

It does things to you where you won't never come back again

I don't care what your disposition is, I don't care what's your name

I'm gonna tell you where the action is

Look at you dressed in your debutante dress and your funny eyelashes

Walking around like you just walked out of some fucking car crash

You think that you're okay 'cause you're

Lookin' like you're gonna have a smash

With the action

Well, I don't care where you're goin', I don't care what you say

What your religion is, baby, I just wanna tell you where the action is

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Take off that wedding ring, babe, you're not gonna need it anymore

Take off that dress, girl, and throw it out the door

Take off those phoney makeup and those eyelashes I saw

Take off your shoes and your hat and throw the whole fuckin' lot

Right out the door

Come over here and lend me your ear

I'm gonna tell you where the action is

I don't care if you can read a book or if you can write

I don't care how long your hair is or how bright