(spoken)
We gotta clean you up, child
Get you some on-the-job training

(sung)
[Verse 1]
Ooo yeah!
Now listen up
You've got a lot to learn
And if you don't learn you don't eat
Ha!
But if you're tough
And always use your head
You'll feel right at home on the street
When you've got talent ev'rything is free
Watch how we do things, ooo, I guarantee

[Chorus]
You're gonna see how the best survive
We make an art out of staying alive
If you do just as you're told
These are streets of gold
Ev'ry boulevard is a miracle mile
You'll take the town and you'll take it with style
If you play it brave and bold
These are streets of gold
[Verse 2]
Listen, honey
To live from week to week
You need technique
So you practice ev'ry day
The only rule is:
Thou shalt not get caught
Get what you can and then get away
Remember all the places you can hide
Remember we are always on your side

[Chorus]
You're gonna see how the best survive
We make an art out of staying alive
If you do just as you're told
These are streets of gold
Ev'ry boulevard is a miracle mile
You'll take the town and you'll take it with style
If you play it brave and bold
These are streets of gold

[Bridge]
When you've got talent ev'rything is free
Watch how we do things, ooo, I guarantee

[Chorus]
You're gonna see how the best survive
We make an art out of staying alive
If you do just as you're told
These are streets of goldEv'ry boulevard is a miracle mile
You'll take the town and you'll take it with style
If you play it brave and bold
These are streets of goldEv'ry boulevard
You'll take the town, oh yeah
Brave and bold
Streets of gold![Outro]You're gonna see how the best survive
We make an art out of staying alive
If you do just as you're told
These are streets of gold
Ev'ry boulevard is a miracle mile
You'll take the town and you'll take it with style
If you play it brave and bold
These are streets of goldYou're gonna see it
Oh


Do as you're told
Streets of gold!