Backstreet: 24-Hour Anthem

Lyrics

[Intro]
The sun goes down...
The sun comes up...

[Verse 1]
Streetlights bleed on Peachtree rain
Another Tuesday feels the same
Out there, the city locks its doors
But not on these forbidden floors
Push the buzzer at 8-4-5
The bass drum hits, you feel alive
It’s four A.M. or four P.M.
It never matters here to them

[Chorus]
Twenty-four hours, the beat never dies
Under electric, starless skies
Backstreet's the promise, the rhythm we keep
While half of the city is sleeping so deep
Twenty-four hours, the only light we need
A thousand hearts on Peachtree Street

[Verse 2]
Somebody's leaving a downtown bar
Somebody's starting their company car
And we are dancing through the blue-lit haze
Losing the nights and losing the days
Charlie Brown holds court at dawn
The night is over, but the night is on
A quiet word in the Tea Room's shade
A different kind of promise made

[Chorus]
Twenty-four hours, the beat never dies
Under electric, starless skies
Backstreet's the promise, the rhythm we keep
While half of the city is sleeping so deep
Twenty-four hours, the only light we need
A thousand hearts on Peachtree Street

[Bridge]
He said, 'We'll never close this door
So no one's lonely on the street anymore.'
He said, 'This clock will never stop.'
A promise kept, from bottom to top
For twenty-nine years, a constant sound
On holy, spinning ground

[Chorus]
Twenty-four hours, the beat never dies!
Under electric, starless skies!
Backstreet's the promise, the rhythm we keep
While half of the city is sleeping so deep
Twenty-four hours, the only light we need
A thousand hearts on Peachtree Street!

[Outro]
On Peachtree Street...
Twenty-four hours...
Never closed...
Never judged...
Never lonely...