When it’s summer and you can’t escape the heatAnd the fire hydrant is our one reliefThat’s how we while away our daysWe’d while away our days on my streetAnd the call it out, gotta get back home to eatGotta make it quick, ’cause I got friends to meetThat’s how we’d while away our daysYeah, we’d while away our days on my streetAnd we all came runnin’Yeah, we all came runnin’ downYeah, we allYeah, we all were young and freeWhile we’d while away our days on my streetYeah, we’d while away our days on my streetGot the boom box blastin’ out a hip-hop beatHer name is Betty, and she’s a young girl, Meryl StreepIt was just like yesterday when she took my breath awayI think about how easy it all seemed to beComplicated was a part of our beliefWhile we’d while away our daysYeah, we’d while away our days on my streetAnd we all came runnin’Yeah, we all came runnin’ downYeah, we allYeah, we all were young and freeWhile we’d while away our days on my streetYeah, we’d while away our days on my streetI don’t think it ever rainedDidn’t know how much my life would changeNow is all we cared aboutYeah, we were young and freeWhile we’d while away our days on my streetAnd we all came runnin’Yeah, we all came runnin’ downYeah, we allYeah, we all were young and freeWhile we’d while away our daysAnd we all came runnin’Yeah, we all came runnin’ downYeah, we allYeah, we all were young and freeWhile we’d while away our days on my streetWhere we’d while away our days on my street