Just sixteen Hungry and lean Out on the streets alone Nobody there at all To catch you when you fall No place to call your own
A prince of night Neon lights In jeans and worn-out shoes No nine to five To keep you alive It's the twentieth century blues
Well, headhunters everywhere Brother, you better beware Livin' in the asphalt jungle Trouble wherever you turn Try not to get yourself burned Deep in the asphalt jungle Jungle Asphalt jungle
They're everywhere out on the street Looking for fresh meat Baby, you're just their kind They'll eat you up alive Living that shuck and jive Feeds upon your mind
A sound of screams in the night Someone just lost a fight Down on the boulevard Another victim falls Between concrete walls They go down mighty hard
Well, headhunters everywhere Brother, you better beware Livin' in the asphalt jungle Trouble wherever you turn Try not to get yourself burned Deep in the asphalt jungle Jungle Asphalt jungle