Let me take you for a ride   far away from the upper side   we're going down to the mean street      Johnny's got a brand new 38   he thinks it's gonna cure his hate   Ah it's all done in the mean street      It's the state of grace      and It's all done in the mean street      Take my hand and close your pretty eyes   cus it's gonna hurt so much when summer hits   New Nork sky   oh no, it's all done in the mean street      God I love this stormy cloud   Where all nasty girls they like it loud   It's all good in the mean streets      Diane had her grand debut here   Michael couldn't even tell if it was   pleasure or fear   It's all done in the mean street      and It's my little state of grace      It goes down in the mean street      Take my hand and close your pretty eyes   cus it's gonna hurt so much when summer hits   New York sky   oh no, it's all done in the mean street      The heights, the sights, the green, the   scarred   the easy way of doing everything hard,   the fashion   Oh I hate that street with... passion      Take my hand and close your pretty eyes   cus it's gonna hurt so much when summer hits   New York sky   oh no, it's all done in the mean street   it's all done in the mean street   it's all done in the mean street