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Artist: Roger McGuinn
Canonical path: /roger-mcguinn/mean-streets
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Mean Streets
Read Mean Streets lyrics by Roger McGuinn on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Mean Streets
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Broken white line
No rule of thumb
Smokin' headlines
Can make you turn numb
Gotta get tough on mean streets
The people are rough downtown
Gotta get tough on mean streets
There's never enough to go around
Someone's runnin' scared
Saw him with a gun
Man at the pawn shop
Never had such fun
Gotta get tough on mean streets
People are rough downtown
Gotta get tough on mean streets
There's never enough to go around
Lose a beat nowhere to sleep
I lost her in the heart of the city
Losin' streak flat on my feet
Oh, things just ain't looking so pretty, oooh
Neon signs
Drink up the night
Courage is fading
No one wants to fight
Gotta get tough on mean streets
People are rough downtown
Gotta get tough on mean streets
There's never enough to go around
Never enough to go around
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Roger McGuinn performs "Mean Streets", and this lyric page sits inside the Roger McGuinn catalog on LyroVerse.
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