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Artist: B.B. King
Canonical path: /bb-king/street-life
Related lyric paths: 6
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Street Life
Read Street Life lyrics by B.B. King on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Street Life
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I play the street life
Because there's no place i can go
Street life
And it's the only life i know
Street life
And there's a thoundand parts to play
Street life
Until you play your life away
You let the people see
Just who you want to be
And every night you shine just like a super star
That's how the life is played
A ten cent masquerade
You dress, and walk, and talk you're who you think you are
Street life
You can run away from time
Street life
For a nickel and a dime
Street life
But you better not get old
Street life
Or you're gonna feel the cold
There's always love for sale
A grown-up fairy tale
Prince charming always smiles behind a silver spoon
And if you keep it young
Your song is always sung
Your love will pay your way beneath the silver moon
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B.B. King performs "Street Life", and this lyric page sits inside the B.B. King catalog on LyroVerse.
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