[Verse 1]
Put on your best dress, baby
And darlin', fix your hair up right
'Cause there's a party, honey
Way down beneath the neon lights
All day you've been working that hard line
Now, tonight, you're gonna have a good time

[Verse 2]
I work five days a week, girl
Loading crates down on the dock
I take my hard-earned money
And meet my girl down on the block
And Monday when the foreman calls time
I've already got Friday on my mind

[Pre-Chorus]
When that whistle blows, girl, I'm down the street
I'm home, I'm out of my work clothes

[Chorus]
When I'm out in the street, wo-oh-oh-oh-oh
I walk the way I wanna walk
When I'm out in the street, wo-oh-oh-oh-oh
I talk the way I wanna talk
When I'm out in the street, when I'm out in the street
(Oh, oh-oh)
[Verse 3]
When I'm out in the street, girl
Well, I never feel alone
When I'm out in the street, girl
In the crowd, I feel at home
The black-and-whites, they cruise by
And they watch us from the corner of their eye

[Pre-Chorus]
But there ain't no doubt, girl, down here
We ain't gonna take what they're handing out

[Chorus]
When I'm out in the street, wo-oh-oh-oh-oh
I walk the way I wanna walk
When I'm out in the street, wo-oh-oh-oh-oh
I talk the way I wanna talk

[Bridge]
Baby, out in the street, I don't feel sad or blue
Baby, out in the street, I'll be waiting for you

[Instrumental Break]

[Pre-Chorus]
When the whistle blows girl, I'm down the street
I'm home, I'm out of my work clothes
[Chorus]
When I'm out in the street, wo-oh-oh-oh-oh
I walk the way I wanna walk
When I'm out in the street, wo-oh-oh-oh-oh
I talk the way I wanna talk

[Chorus]
When I'm out in the street, wo-oh-oh-oh-oh
Pretty girls, they're all passing by
When I'm out in the street, wo-oh-oh-oh-oh
From the corner, we give them the eye

[Outro]
Baby, out in the street, I just feel all right
Meet me out in the street, little girl, tonight
Come!
Meet me out in the street, meet me out in the street
Whoa
A-meet me out in the street
Oh, meet me out in the street
A-meet me out in the street
Meet me out in the street
I'm talking out in the street
Meet me out in the street
A-meet me out in the street
Meet me out in the street
I'm talking out in the street