Uptown, downtown, all around You can see it in their faces In a '71 Chevy with the big mag wheels We was crusin' the concrete, we was lookin' for deals When in the rear view mirror what do ya think that we saw? The long blue arm of the law On a street called Desire in a town called Sin We was lookin' for action and we found it again There was a piece on the table, had to split on the double 'Cuz I was starin' at the business end of trouble Every time has a purpose, every night has a day And the daylight is better than those night time ways Over my head in danger, buried under the rubble I had been starin' at the business end of trouble Don't like bein' in trouble Lord, you took me outta trouble