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.
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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.
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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 street
gloom, 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.
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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're 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.
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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 chartreuse 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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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.
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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, nd 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 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.
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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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