I took a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge

The new graffiti says that life's a bitch

And now I hear this bridge is falling down

Someone will steal it before it hits the ground

Now I wanna go out walking in my old neighborhood

Where I was just a little girl and life was good

But the boys are on the corner, gonna fuck with me

I'm gonna keep on walking, they don't see



This is my town

I was born and raised on these streets

This is my town

Oh yeah, my town



Too many people are on the street tonight

It's way too hot someone's looking for a fight

What a mess of faces in an endless sea

I'm getting tired of all this energy

I guess I could just pick it up and move outside of town

And listen to the crickets when the sun goes down

But then we couldn't hear them playing down at S.O.B.'s

Where my friend Lincoln can get us in for free



This is my town

I grew up too fast on these streets

Hey this is my town

Oh yeah, my town



Tonight the rain is falling, falling down

The lights outside keep changing, without a sound



Now lets just take a train down into Chinatown

Past the house of candles, you know they burned it down

Tomorrow is the Puerto Rican Day Parade

They'll be dancing in the streets

Come to carry me away



Cause this is my town

I was born and raised on these streets

This is my town

I'm walking down these mean streets

It's a big bad town

Hey yeah, this is my town