On the sunny side of the street Walked with no one and talked with no one And I had nothing but shadows Then one morning you passed And I brightened at last Now I greet the day and complete the day With the sun in my heart All my worry blew away When you

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang Then blame, blame, blame You know that's not my thing If you could see yourself now, baby You bang, bang, bang, bang, bang You came to bang, bang, bang, bang, bang It's not my fault, you used to be so in control You're going

And we can roll up and roll out Let them think what they think, it's funny how They didn't get it then, so they won't now Yeah 'cause they don't know us They can't say what they say Don't give a thought Don't need them anyway When the cameras show up, we

It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger but then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was Now don't you understand I'm never changing who I am I don't ever want to let you down I don't ever want to leave this town 'Cause after all This city

And you decorated my life Created a world Where dreams are a part You decorated my life All my life was a paper Once plain, pure and white Till you moved with your pen, changin' moods now and then Till the balance was right Then you added some music

You oughta know by now Is that all you get for your money And it seems such a waste of time If that's what it's all about Mama, if that's movin' up then I'm movin' out Anthony works in the grocery store Savin' his pennies for someday Mama Leone left a

Deep greedy and Googling every corner Tralala, in your snatch fits pleasure, broom-shaped pleasure Dead in the middle of the C-O-double M-O-N Little did I know then that the Mandela Boys soon become Mandela Men Tall woman, pull the pylons down And wrap

My boy, my boy, my boy Don't love me like he promised He ain't a man and sure as hell ain't honest (Alright dude, go trip over a knife) And if you want a good girl, then goodbye My boy's being sus and he don't know how to cuss

Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now Crimson flames tied through my ears, rollin' high and mighty traps Pounced with fire on flaming roads using ideas as my maps "We'll meet on edges, soon," said I, proud 'neath heated brow

I'll keep rolling with my baby 'Cause she's sweet that way I had to roll with my baby Went to see my sweetheart Last night around about ten She said, "Home sweet, Papa" Squeeze me every now and then We went out to a movie Stop in the very last row