Pedro lives out of the wilshire hotel He looks out a window without glass The walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet His father beats him в'cause heв's too tired to beg Heв's got 9 brothers and sisters Theyв're brought up on their knees Itв's hard to run when a coat hanger beats you on the thighs Pedro dreams of being older and killing the old man But thatв's a slim chance heв's going to the boulevard Heв's going to end up, on the dirty boulevard Heв's going out, to the dirty boulevard Heв's going down, to the dirty boulevard This room cost 2,000 dollars a month You can believe it man itв's true Somewhere a landlordв's laughing till he wets his pants No one here dreams of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything They dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard Give me your hungry, your tired your poor Iв'll piss on в'em Thatв's what the statue of bigotry says Your poor huddled masses, letв's club в'em to death And get it over with and just dump в'em on the boulevard Get to end up, on the dirty boulevard Going out, to the dirty boulevard Heв's going down, on the dirty boulevard Going out Outside itв's a bright night Thereв's an opera at lincoln center Movie stars arrive by limousine The klieg lights shoot up over the skyline of manhattan But the lights are out on the mean streets A small kid stands by the lincoln tunnel Heв's selling plastic roses for a buck The trafficв's backed up to 39th street The tv whores are calling the cops out for a suck And back at the wilshire, pedro sits there dreaming Heв's found a book on magic in a garbage can He looks at the pictures and stares at the cracked ceiling At the count of 3 he says, I hope I can disappear And fly fly away, from this dirty boulevard I want to fly, from dirty boulevard I want to fly, from dirty boulevard I want to fly-fly-fly-fly, from dirty boulevard I want to fly away I want to fly Fly, fly away I want to fly Fly-fly away (fly a-) Fly-fly-fly (-way, ooohhh...) Fly-fly away (I want to fly-fly away) Fly away (I want to fly, wow-woh, no, fly away)