Outside the window the neon flashes
In the morning light
Down on the sidewalk there's a woman with a problem

But she don't know how to fight

She's destitute and broken down

She softly whispers is there no one around
And no one hears the sound
Her knees give way and hit the ground


This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest street in town

This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest


Like a rat in a pack it attacks
From the back
Through a crack in a track

And you take a smack

This Jack has had a hard day

No one told him it would be like this
He's had to score the hard way
Working on twenty hour shifts


This is the toughest street in town
This is the toughest

It's tough stuff
This is the toughest street around
This is the toughest

Don't you do down

No how


It's just another black spot
Where far too many people have died

It's just another grave yard
And there's not too many people left alive


This is the toughest
Are you tough enough
This is the toughest

Are you rough enough
This is the toughest
Can you bluff enough


Just a minor misery did me no harm
But it's there to warn outside the window

The neon is still flashing in the morning light
Down on the sidewalk that woman was blown away
Out of sight


All across the city no one gives a damn
All across the city no one seems to understand


This is the toughest
This is the toughest street in town

This is the toughest street around
This is the toughest


Are you rough enough
This is the toughest
If I were you I wouldn't come around here

This is the toughest
This is the toughest
Are you tough enough