In every neighbourhood

There is bad and good

Money's tight, prices overblown

They sell ecstasy

Here on avenue B

One way ticket to the COMBAT ZONE



The streets are fast and tough

And if you're tough enough

Chances are you can make it on your own

Life on overdrive

You could learn to survive

Livin' life in the COMBAT ZONE





CHORUS

Keep your ear to the ground

Keep your shoulder to the wheel

Keep your finger on the pulse

And you can make it

Keep your eye on the dice

Keep your back to the wall

One step ahead of the game

And you can make it





Here is the place, now is the time

It's up to you (Get ready now)

You better be on your guard

Sometimes you're blind, you carry on

(Business as usual)

How can we be so hard?





You can run away

Or, you can choose to stay

Either way, life can chill you to the bone

You know that golden rule

Don't be nobody's fool

Play it cool, in the COMBAT ZONE





CHORUS





Watch what you say

Watch what you do

It's up to you (Get ready now)

They'll take you for a ride

Before you're bought and sold

Get it up

Get it under control (Get ready now)

There's nowhere you can hide





CHORUS





Can't people understand

There's a world at your command

Can't we trust one another?

What does it take to make you see

We share one destiny

And nothing lasts forever





Higher, this could be the vision

That we've both been dreamin of...





Higher, and so much brighter

Than the stars that shine above