Nervous in the Alley

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Nervous in the Alley is a song by Smash Mouth, appearing on their 1997 major label debut, Fush Yu Mang. It was not released as a single, but gained airplay. The song focuses on a teenage girl who turns from her rich, but neglectful home (Daddy's always gone and Mama's on the sauce / Living in a mansion, it's easy to get lost) to a life of drug addiction and prostitution on the streets. Like many of the other songs on Fush Yu Mang, Nervous in the Alley is social commentary on the tragedies that can come from parental neglect, gang culture and drug addiction.