Joey rides the subway

Fast from east to west

On the street he's number one

Some say that he's the best

Got something going on

In a honky tonk down town

He is expected

Word has got around


The other-side of midnight

Or in the combat zone

Meeting no resistance

Joe stands alone


Night riders prowling

Out into the night

There's someone else out there

And they're looking for a fight


Between the rain soaked buildings

A distant whistle blows

Fate lies in waiting

It's hand it never shows


(1) Heart beating like a drum

Out in this wasteland

And there's no place baby for us to run.

(In) Jungle land (baby)

Jungle land, jungle land

Jungle land, jungle land


Under the railway arches

Someone calls his name

Streams out the words

Come on boy this ain't no game


One flash of bright cold steel

In a stranger's hand

Kids dance away like shadows

There's no one to command


Joey's got his name

Painted on the walls

On the side of buses

Subways and tenement halls


(Repeat (1))


Jungle land, jungle land

Jungle land, jungle land

Jungle land, jungle land

Jungle land, jungle land