Down on Pico and Fedora 
Back in 1983
All the cholos on the corner 
Hid their pistols in the trees

El Funny Clown lived off of Sunset 
On a street called Benton Way 
There were blood satins on the sidewalk 
But the rain washed them away

On the mean streets of L.A. 
All those teenage summer days

We took the bus way down to Venice 
Went bodysurfing in the waves 
Staring out at the horizon
On those teenage summer days

On the mean streets of L.A. 
All those teenage summer days

My daddy was a [bad word] 
Hauling freight 12 hours a day 
Sometimes he'd take me down to Vernon 
Or the shipyards in South Bay

On those teenage summer days 
On the mean streets of L.A.