Well nobody can reach me
With my head in the clouds
I know I’ll be somebody
No matter how hard they try to pull me back down
Saying you were born on the wrong side of town
Born on the wrong side of town
So quit your daydreaming for crying out loud
You were born on the wrong side of town

And so I’ll pack up my suitcase
And go sing for the crowds
And I hope fortune will find me
So I don’t get lost before I am found

‘Cause when you’re born on the wrong side of town
Born on the wrong side of town
You can leave if you want to but there’s no getting out
When you’re born on the wrong side of town

And now somewhere behind me
I hear them whistle and shout
They’ll go and tell everybody
He grew up right here and we are so proud

Oh, when you’re far from the wrong side of town
Far from the wrong side of town
They’ll cheer when you’ve made it and say they had no doubt
When you’re far from the wrong side of
Wrong side of town
When you’re born on the wrong side of
Where are they now?
You were born on the wrong side of town