(r. hall, e. king, g. rossington)      I snuck around the corner he had this guy down   I through the first punch that's when he hit the ground   To survive in the street you gotta win the first round   'cause if you want eat you gotta be the baddest one around   I'm a backstreet crawler      Daddy paid for college I earned a degree   Got a job up on wall street   Where I learned to make the little man bleed   That's when I got stomped like a cattle stampede   Had a nervous breakdown all my friends and family left me      (chorus)   Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler   When you see them on the concrete it's their spirit that's harder   Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler   Where your ego meets defeat and your pride can't get no smaller   Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler   Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler      I guess you might say it sure is a shame   I used to have everything oh how my life has changed   Yeah I'm broken and torn I've never been free   Lost everything that meant a thing to me      (repeat chorus)