Released: June 29, 1982
Songwriter: John Waite
Producer: Neil Giraldo
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Length: 2:23
[Verse 1]
She's just a working girl from Baltimore
She'll choose you
She's been there
She's been there and back again
It's in and out
It's up it's down
It's mercenary
And you get what you need
When you walk on the streets of paradise
[Refrain]
In vogue, in the streets
Indecision
Yeah yeah yeah
White heat
In fashion
[Verse 2]
She'll take you home
She'll take you where you wanna get back to
You're sweet sixteen
But you'll be a man tonight
It's to the wall
It's to the floor
She's in a hurry
But you get what you pay for
When you live on the streets of paradise
[Chorus]
In heat, in vogue
Impassioned
Yeah yeah yeah
White heat
In fashion
Hard cash, indiscrete
Wild passion
In heat, in vogue
In fashion
[Outro]
White heat, cold passion
8th Avenue indecision
In heat, on the street, in fashion
In vogue, in style
White heat, cool looks, hard cash
On the street
In vogue, in style, indiscretion
In trains, in bars, in heat
White heat
In vogue, in fashion
Hard cash, indiscrete, wild passion
White heat, in fashion
White heat, in fashion
White heat, in fashion
White heat, indiscrete, ignition
She's just a working girl from Baltimore
She'll choose you
She's been there
She's been there and back again
It's in and out
It's up it's down
It's mercenary
And you get what you need
When you walk on the streets of paradise
[Refrain]
In vogue, in the streets
Indecision
Yeah yeah yeah
White heat
In fashion
[Verse 2]
She'll take you home
She'll take you where you wanna get back to
You're sweet sixteen
But you'll be a man tonight
It's to the wall
It's to the floor
She's in a hurry
But you get what you pay for
When you live on the streets of paradise
[Chorus]
In heat, in vogue
Impassioned
Yeah yeah yeah
White heat
In fashion
Hard cash, indiscrete
Wild passion
In heat, in vogue
In fashion
[Outro]
White heat, cold passion
8th Avenue indecision
In heat, on the street, in fashion
In vogue, in style
White heat, cool looks, hard cash
On the street
In vogue, in style, indiscretion
In trains, in bars, in heat
White heat
In vogue, in fashion
Hard cash, indiscrete, wild passion
White heat, in fashion
White heat, in fashion
White heat, in fashion
White heat, indiscrete, ignition
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