Street rats hanging out with the house cats   I came from the dust bowl   And I was working for an orange grove   And all I got was a bloody nose      I came for the scenery   And I woke up in the shrubbery   I think I hit another pharmacy   I've been through liquor stores and jewelry stores   Banks, tanks and music scores   I've had busted scores, open sores   And morning whores yourself to the night before       Can't you tell that these helicopters haunt me   House cats making moves on the street rats   And every single motel room is shady   Street rats making out with the house cats      Sending those boys up to the Hollywood hills   I said take what's yours   Energy is courtesy of pharmacy pills   You know it feels so pure   And when we touch you know it seems   Like we're one big machine   Picking up speed   Somewhere in the valley   Bring it to the city      Walked real fast down the boulevard   Tourists taking pictures of the sidewalk stars   And all those pretty boys with the sideways scars   All stood at attention   Never asked to be king of these rats   This position it just kind of fell in my lap   And they were back to back   And I was back to back   House cats making love to the street rats.