Well I'm walkin' blind down danger street The street where eyes don't dare to meet Dirt-Doorways frame silhouettes A Teeth-Grind-Grinning smile of threat Down here you ask for all you get These East Side Angrys'll getchoo yet Ignore the cat calls look straight ahead You could wind up the other side of dead (If you're lucky) Well I took a glance sideways Straight into some Chicano chick's eyes They were pretty wild Like she'd been snortin' some of that cocaine She was mean for trouble Boilin' for blood But I had to say she was stacked >From the tip of her toes To her flaming red hair She's gonna drag me up to her Carnal Cage of no way out desire Help, Help You gotta help yourself Help me, Help me You son of a gun You gotta run muchacho run Well I was getting to know the neighbourhood Getting to know how it looked and smelled Watching the windows In tenement hell Love was rape And love for sale And death a fact of life Love was rare But who cares, who cares When you're living by the knife Well I took a slug of bitter coffee Pulled a face as bitter hit me End up with a new mouth Carved where my throat used to be And then I saw him Tall and proud Wearing the entire city garbage dump Around his neck and wrists And then I saw him Dirty red Chicano sweat bandanna And colours Held together by filth and fury Oh wow-ee-ow