1.Downtown
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red pants and the sugarman in, the temple street gloom, drinkin'
chivas
regal in a four dollar room, just another dead soldier in a
powder blue night,
sugarman says baby everything's alright, goin' downtown down
downtown.
montclaire de havelin doin' the st. vitus dance, lookin' for
someone to chop
the lumber in his pants, how am i gonna unload all of this ice
and all this
mink, all the traffic in the street but it's so hard to think,
goin' downtown
down downtown.
frankie's wearin' lipstick pierre cardin, i swear to god i seen
him holdin'
hands with jimmy bond, sally's high on crank and hungry for some
sweets, she's
fem in the sheets but she's butch in the streets, goin' downtown
down
downtown.
it's the cool of the evening the sun's goin' down, i want to
hold you in my
arms i want to push you around, i want to break your bottle and
spill out all
your charms, come on baby we'll set off all the burglar alarms,
goin' downtown
down downtown.
red pants and the sugarman in the temple, drinkin' chivas regal
in a four
dollar room, just another dead soldier in a powder blue night,
red pants turns
to sugarman and says everything's alright, goin' downtown down
downtown.
2.Heartattack And Vine
liar liar with your pants on fire, white spades hangin' on the
telephone
wire, gamblers reevaluate along the dotted line, you'll never
recognize
yourself on heartattack and vine.
doctor lawyer beggar man thief, philly joe remarkable looks on
in disbelief,
if you want a taste of madness, you'll have to wait in line,
you'll probably
see someone you know on heartattack and vine.
boney's high on china white, shorty found a punk, don't you know
there ain't
no devil, there's just god when he's drunk, well this stuff will
probably kill
you, let's do another line, what you say you meet me down on
heartattack and
vine.
see that little jersey girl in the see-through top, with the
peddle pushers
sucking on a soda pop, well i bet she's still a virgin but it's
only twenty-
five 'til nine, you can see a million of 'em on heartattack and
vine.
better off in iowa against your scrambled eggs, than crawling
down cahuenga
on a broken pair of legs, you'll find your ignorance is blissful
every goddamn
time, your're waitin' for the rtd on heartattack and vine.
3.Jersey Girl
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got no time for the corner boys, down in the street makin' all
that noise,
don't want no whores on eighth avenue, cause tonight i'm gonna
be with you.
cause tonight i'm gonna take that ride, across the river to the
jersey side,
take my baby to the carnival, and i'll take you on all the
rides, sing sha la
la la la la sha la la la.
down the shore everything's alright, you with your baby on a
saturday night,
don't you know that all my dreams come true, when i'm walkin'
down the street
with you, sing sha la la la la la sha la la la.
you know she thrills me with all her charms, when i'm wrapped up
in my
baby's arms, my little angel gives me everything, i know someday
that she'll
wear my ring.
so don't bother me cause i got no time, i'm on my way to see
that girl of
mine, nothin' else matters in this whole wide world, when you're
in love with
a jersey girl, sing sha la la la la la la.
and i call your name, i can't sleep at night, sha la la la la la
la.
4.Mr Siegal
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i spent all my money in a mexican whorehouse, across the street
from a
catholic church, and then i wiped off my revolver, and i
buttoned up my
burgundy shirt, i shot the morning in the back, with my red
wings on, i told
the sun he'd better go back down, and if i can find a book of
matches, i'm
goin' to burn this hotel down.
you got to tell me brave captain, why are the wicked so strong,
how do the
angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves the porchlight on.
well i dropped thirty grand on the nugget slots, i had to sell
my ass on
fremont street, and the drummer said there's sanctuary, over at
the bagdad
room, and now it's one for the money, two for the show, three to
get ready,
and go man go, i said tell me mr. siegel, how do i get out of
here.
well willard's knocked out on a bottle of heat, drivin'
dangerous curves
across the dirty sheets, he said man you ought to see her, when
her parents
are gone, man you ought to hear her when the siren's on.
you got to tell me brave captain, why are the wicked so strong,
how do the
angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves the porchlight on.
don't you know that ain't no broken bottle, that i picked up in
my
headlights, on the other side of the nevada line, where they
live hard die
young, and have a good lookin' corpse every time, well the
pit-boss said i
should keep movin', this is where you go when you die, and so i
shot a black
beauty, and i kissed her right between the eyes.
well willard's knocked out on a bottle of heat, drivin'
dangerous curves
across the dirty sheets, he said when the bitch is wound up, and
her parents
are gone, man you ought to hear her with the siren on.
you got to tell me brave captain, why are the wicked so strong,
how do the
angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves the porchlight on.
5.On The Nickel
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sticks and stones will break my bones, but i always will be
true, and when
your mama is dead and gone, i'll sing this lullabye just for
you, and what
becomes of all the little boys, who never comb their hair, well
they're lined
up all around the block, on the nickel over there.
so you better bring a bucket, there is a hole in the pail, and
if you don't
get my letter, then you'll know that i'm in jail, and what
becomes of all the
little boys, who never say their prayers, well they're sleepin'
like a baby,
on the nickel over there.
and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star, well you'll find
out where
the scarecrows sit, just like punchlines between the cars, and i
know a place
where a royal flush, can never beat a pair, and even thomas
jefferson, is on
the nickel over there.
so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain, and
you're always
late for supper, and man you let me down again, i thought i
heard a
mockingbird, roosevelt knows where, you can skip the light, with
grady tuck,
on the nickel over there.
so what becomes of all the little boys, who run away from home,
well the
world just keeps gettin' bigger, once you get out on your own,
so here's to
all the little boys, the sandman takes you where, you'll be
sleepin' with a
pillowman, on the nickel over there.
so let's climb up through that button hole, and we'll fall right
up the
stairs, and i'll show you where the short dogs grow, on the
nickel over there.
6.Ruby's Arms
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i will leave behind all of my clothes, i wore when i was with
you, all i
need's my railroad boots, and my leather jacket, as i say
goodbye to ruby's
arms, although my heart is breaking, i will steal away out
through your
blinds, for soon you will be waking.
the morning light has washed your face, and everything is
turning blue now,
hold on to your pillow case there's nothing i can do now, as i
say goodbye to
ruby's arms, you'll find another soldier, and i swear to god by
christmas,
there'll be someone else to hold you.
the only thing i'm taking is the scarf off of your clothesline,
i'll hurry
past your chest of drawers, and your broken window chimes, as i
say goodbye
i'll say goodbye, say goodbye to ruby's arms.
i'll feel my way down the darken hall, and out into the morning,
the hobos
at the freightyards, have kept their fires burning, so jesus
christ this
goddamn rain, will someone put me on a train, i'll never kiss
your lips again,
or break your heart, as i say goodbye i'll say goodbye, say
goodbye to ruby's
arms.
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7.Saving All My Love For You
it's too early for the circus, it's too late for the bars, no
one's sleepin'
but the paperboys, and no one in this town is makin' any noise,
but the dogs
and the milkmen and me.
the girls around here all look like cadillacs, no one likes a
stranger here,
i'd come home but i'm afraid that you won't take me back, but
i'd trade off
everything just to have you near.
i know i'm irresponsible and i don't behave, and i ruin
everything that i
do, and i'll probably get arrested when i'm in my grave, but
i'll be savin'
all my love for you.
i paid fifteen dollars for a prostitute, with too much makeup
and a broken
shoe, but her eyes were just a counterfeit, she tried to gyp me
out of it, but
you know that i'm still in love you.
don't listen to the rumors that you hear about me, cause i ain't
as bad as
they make me out to be, well i may lose my mind but baby can't
you see, that
i'll be savin' all my love for you.
8.'til The Money Runs Out
check this strange beverage that falls out from the sky,
splashin' bagdad on
the hudson in panther martin's eyes, he's high and outside
wearin' candy apple
red, scarlet gave him twenty seven stitches in his head, with a
pint of green
chartruse ain't nothin' seems right, you buy the sunday paper on
a saturday
night.
can't you hear the thunder someone stole my watch, i sold a
quart of blood
and bought a half a pint of scotch, some one tell those chinamen
on telegraph
canyon road, when you're on the bill with the spoon there ain't
no time to
unload, so bye bye baby baby bye bye.
droopy stranger lonely dreamer toy puppy and the prado, we're
laughin' as
they piled into olmos' el dorado, jesus whispered eni meany
miney moe, they're
too proud to duck their heads that's why they bring it down so
low, so bye
bye baby baby bye bye.
the pointed man is smack dab in the middle of july, swingin'
from the
rafters in his brand new tie, he said i can't go back to that
hotel room all
they do is shout, but i'll stay wichew baby till the money runs
out, so bye
bye baby baby bye bye.
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