We try to pick the most unlikely places
Where no one's apt to know us by our names
And for a while we share the sweet affection
That makes it worth the sorrow and the pain

Of loving on backstreets and living on main
Suffering hell through the daylight for the heaven darkness brings
Two hearts in the shadows trading passion for pain
Loving on backstreets and living on main

In the morning when I face the one who owns me
And he conforts me with some things I can't explain
Then once again I'll hate myself for living
And wonder just how long my mind can stand the strain

Of loving on backstreets and living on main
Suffering hell through the daylight for the heaven darkness brings
Two hearts in the shadows trading passion for pain
Loving on backstreets and living on main
Loving on backstreets and living on main