Lynyrd Skynyrd - Backstreet Crawler lyrics

(r. hall, e. king, g. rossington)<br><br>I snuck around the corner he had this guy down<br>I through the first punch that's when he hit the ground<br>To survive in the street you gotta win the first round<br>'cause if you want eat you gotta be the baddest one around<br>I'm a backstreet crawler<br><br>Daddy paid for college I earned a degree<br>Got a job up on wall street<br>Where I learned to make the little man bleed<br>That's when I got stomped like a cattle stampede<br>Had a nervous breakdown all my friends and family left me<br><br>(chorus)<br>Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler<br>When you see them on the concrete it's their spirit that's harder<br>Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler<br>Where your ego meets defeat and your pride can't get no smaller<br>Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler<br>Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler<br><br>I guess you might say it sure is a shame<br>I used to have everything oh how my life has changed<br>Yeah I'm broken and torn I've never been free<br>Lost everything that meant a thing to me<br><br>(repeat chorus)