Where streets start getting wild Well youre moving on down on the other side of the tracks Would you cross that line baby, there aint no turning back Some raise and I dont ever wanna see that place Thats where the action is Listen, hear the stories hear the lies You hear the rooms they criticize They call you everything under the moon Then they try to buy you with diamonds and rings and rings Move over baby gonna help you out of this mess By the look of your face well you been here before I guess Youre hanging around, like some kinda parasite on past And I just wanna tell you to come on lets go And I know a place where never cold And I know a place where the thing is sin And Im gonna tell you where the action is Your mommas told you about whiskey and shes told you about beer The shit theyre drinkin here, man, it dont got nothing On that here It turns you into a monster it turns your mind insane It does things to you where you will never come back again I dont care what your disposition is I dont care whats your name Im gonna tell you where the action is Look at you dressed in your debutante dress and your phoney eyelashes Walking around like you just walked out of some fucking car crash You think that youre OK cause youre looking like youre gonna have a smash With the action I dont care where youre going, I dont care what you say What your religion is Baby, I just wanna tell you where the action is, hey, hey, hey, hey Take off that wedding ring baby, you dont need it anymore Take off that dress girl and throw it out the door Take off those phoney makeup and those eyelashes I saw Take off your shoes and your hat And throw the whole fucking lot right out the door Come over here and lend me your ear Im gonna tell you where the action is I dont care if you can read a book or if you can write I dont care how long your hair is or how bright I dont care about much to tell you the truth but thats allright I only care is if you come on like you think youre with the action Ive got only one thing to say come here darling, kiss me Im gonna show you where the action is You spend a little dollar and you spend a little dime You get all funny and you laugh at your friends And you think youre having a good time You dont know nothing till you come around here and have some of mine Then youll start to understand about the two sides of the line Come over here darling, lend me your ear, gonna educate you Gonna tell you where the action is
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