(R. Hall, E. King, G. Rossington)
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I snuck around the corner he had this guy down
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I through the first punch that's when he hit the ground
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To survive in the street you gotta win the first round
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'Cause if you want eat you gotta be the baddest one around
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I'm a backstreet crawler
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Daddy paid for college I earned a degree
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Got a job up on Wall Street
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Where I learned to make the little man bleed
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That's when I got stomped like a cattle stampede
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Had a nervous breakdown all my friends and family left me
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[Chorus:]
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Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler
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When you see them on the concrete it's their spirit that's harder
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Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler
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Where your ego meets defeat and your pride can't get no smaller
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Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler
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Yeah I'm a backstreet crawler
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I guess you might say it sure is a shame
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I used to have everything oh how my life has changed
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Yeah I'm broken and torn I've never been free
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Lost everything that meant a thing to me
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[Chorus]
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Backstreet Crawler
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| Lynyrd Skynyrd |