We tried to pick the most unlikely places Where no one's out to know us by our name And for a while we shared the sweet affection That makes it worth the sorrow and the shame Of loving on back streets and living on main Suffering hell through the daylight For the heaven darkness brings Two hearts in the shadows trading pa**ion for pain Loving on back streets and living on main In the morning when I face the one who owns me And she confronts 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 back streets and living on main Suffering hell through the daylight For the heaven darkness brings Two hearts in the shadows trading pa**ion for pain Loving on back streets and living on main Loving on back streets and living on main