138th Street

I hear that you got yourself a house
 And all your friends, you'd finally figured out
 But you go out in the night 'til you got no place to go
 I see you on the corner where you're trying to use the phone
 Everyone will say you've missed your chance
 Everyone will say you've lost your edge
 It's just something that you've heard about a thousand times before
 And every time you're falling, then you'll see me on the floor
 And someday, when you turn around
 You'll take a wife and start a life
 It won't be long
 It won't be long
 
 I hear that you got yourself a job
 And all your friends, you'd finally nailed down
 But you go out in the night 'til you got no place to go
 Something you ain't doing right is haunting you at home
 
 Now we've been hanging 'round for quite a while
 So let's get out of here and take a drive
 On the parkway tonight, you can hear the engines roar
 The flashing lights will nab you when you're driving your way home
 And someday, when you turn around, you'll see the door is closing