Well there's this dance, you ought to know It's a little somethin' I made up cats To keep your heads low See there are lots of sore gangsters Packin' iron all day So you learn my two step stay out of their way
Zip gun, zip gun bop Ya better learn to do it 'fore yer poor heart stops now Zip gun, zip gun bop
Well there's flat-foot Louie Sittin' on his front stoop He caught five rounds in the belly He looked like a messed-up bowl of minestrone soup
Now you take that cat Mugs He got iced the other day He could have saved his mama The dry cleanin' bill my way
Zip gun, zip gun bop Ya better learn to do it 'fore yer poor heart stops now Zip gun, zip gun bop
(spoken) Hey spinach chin, Why don't you try on these cement shoes. Look like they fit you pretty freakin' good. Now see if you can walk on water puppy, you jackass
(sung) So now you can see Zip gun bop was meant to be Lots of lead flyin' Lots of lonely gals cryin' But you can hear them cats shootin' They're shootin' rat-ta-tat-tat So you can learn my two step Jack Or that's that
Zip gun, zip gun bop Ya better learn to do it 'fore yer poor heart stops now Zip gun, zip gun bop Hey hey
Zip gun, zip gun bop Ya better learn to do it 'fore yer poor heart stops now Oh yeah baby, that zip gun bop
There's a place I know The wise guys go that's Park's Place Showgirls swing when the chairman sings At Park's Place-Park's Place Yes my friends It's the livin' end Park's Place The lights, fights and skirts Are a sight at Park's Place Mugs and thugs and big old lugs Dig Park's Place Man they really ball at Park's Place
They're high, they're low They blow their dough At Park's Place Man the time flies at Park's Place Yes my friend it's livin' in Park's Place
I'm fly and flash and my jive is sweet Pressed in pleat right to my feet But when it comes to cash I'm incomplete Datin' with no dough
I told my doll I'd take her on a date On the condition that she'd have to wait 'Cause I've never owned a car in the state I'll be datin' with no dough
The valets and the maitre d' Roll out the red carpet for me My looks are deceiving Lord 'Cause when the check comes I'll be gone
Guess I'm deadbeat but what a seller If flash were cash I'd be a Rockefeller As long as my game goes unknown I'll be datin' with no dough
I took my baby uptown To show her that I had some class The drink tab I could not pay You know I ended the date with her foot up my Yes I'm a deadbeat but what a seller If flash were cash I'd be a Rockefeller As long as my game goes unknown I'll be datin' with no dough
Dirty neon lights, the traffic's cry Footsteps echo on the street The cheap but lovely chicks And a sawbuck for a trick And she'll work for a bite to eat So where is all the glamour? Where's that lovely starlet's kiss? But out in T.V. land They dream of Tinsel Town But I'll tell you just what they've missed
Hustlers roll, beat cops stroll The city where the night runs deep Seedy bars, cats in lowered cars That's Hollywood while you're asleep
Well here comes the fog Or is that smog? 'Cause man I can't tell anymore There ain't no welcome wagon around this town Fred and Ethel sure the hell ain't next door But way out in the distance Someone watches the late night show They dream of being hip on Sunset Strip But I'll tell you what they don't know
Dirty neon lights, the traffic's cry Footsteps echo on the street The cheap but lovely chicks And a sawbuck for a trick And she'll work for a bite to eat So where is all the glamour? Where's that lovely starlet's kiss? But out in T.V. land They dream of Tinsel Town But I'll tell you just what they've missed
Hustlers roll, beat cops stroll The city where the night runs deep Yeah seedy bars, cats in lowered cars That's Hollywood while you're asleep
Sometimes your love is just like honey So sweet and wild-so sweet and wild Sometimes your love is just like menthol So cool and nice-so cool and nice That's why I don't want no other lover Nobody but you
Honey child, honey child
You got a funny little way A way of teasing Feels so right, yeah so right You've got a way-such a way Through the night, all through the night That's why I don't want no other lovin' Nobody but you
Honey child
You got a brand of lovin' That sets my soul on fire You got a brand of kissin' That drives me wild That's why I don't want no other lover
That's why I don't want no other lover That's why I don't want no other lover Say, that's why I don't want no other lover Say, that's why I don't want no other lover, baby
Summer '43 the man's gunnin' for me Blue and white mean war tonight They say damn my pride and all The other cats livin' down the east side Or maybe just my brim's too wide
Hey Marie you better grab my jack And zip gun for me 'Cause I'll face no shame Tonight's the night I die for our name
Well I like to be swingin Dancin and singing Just having a good time Free to do whatever Now more than ever Ive got to stick with that gang of mine
The lights are spinnin' I gotta get myself up off the floor My head is ringin' Bet they think I can't take too much more The crowd is howlin' Like the ocean's pounding roar My legs are goin' out Someone up there don't like me
Now my right and my left will decide 'Cause they're done with this bum takin' dives Now my eyes may be swollen with right hooks and tears But I see salvation tonight In a left and a right
Called me a kid, champ or lefty A bowery kid to the core Fast cars and hipster movie stars I ain't got none of that anymore Now I'm down in the seventh In the eighth my ribs are sore In the ninth I'm staggerin' Someone up there don't like me
It's a one-way ticket Smart money's showin' me the door Backed on the ropes now Someone up there don't like me anymore When the crowd goes silent One thing that I know for sure Knock me down one time I'll be comin' back for more
Day breaks Slate drops Check your hardest stare Hands in pockets, shoulders up Walkin' like Brando into the sun
First Drag On the Blacktop Eyes shift side to side Wanna play chicken, I know that song Walkin' like Brando, fear is all gone
A callous heart never bleeds, oh no And a hardened stare never needs, oh no Watch closely now, and take your cue From the black and white parade They never showed their hand And they never lay down
Long legs, lipstick Adversary stance Choose your weapon, I'll choose mine Talkin' like Brando, usin' a line
So far, so good So and so, so what Playin' straight man, drinkin' bore Walkin' like Brando settles the score
Look here, and look there But don't you look through me Left myself in the final showdown Hard to be tough when there's no one around
Somewhere beyond the sea Somewhere waitin' for me My lover stands on golden sands And she watches the ships that go Sailin' sailin'
Somewhere beyond the sea Somewhere watchin' for me If i could fly like birds on high Then straight to your arms I go sailin'
And somewhere beyond the sea Well she's there watchin' for me If i could fly like birds on high Then straight to your arms I go sailin' sailin'
Well it's far beyond the stars And it's clear beyond the moon
And i know beyond a doubt My heart will lead me there soon And we'll meet i know we'll meet Beyond the shore and we'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea And never again i'll go Sailin' sailin'
And i know beyond a doubt My heart will lead me there soon And we'll meet i know we'll meet Beyond the shore and we'll kiss just as before Happy we'll be beyond the sea And never again i'll go Sailin'
It was a fine left coast morning And I found myself planted outside The Cap 'N' Cork Tipping back the hops In order to calm my dancing hands You see I usually don't play The tied-up watchdog routine Looking up and down the street But this is the corner Joey A., my car and I Were supposed to meet
You see Joey The Amateur and I Were out clinkin' glasses last night When I got three sheets to an ill wind Myself being in possession Of a fine Double 5 Lincoln convert Joey offered to skip me back to the crib I awoke to a barren driveway And a neighbor started to chide
I don't know why there's no sun up in that sky Stormy weather since me and my gal ain't together, Keeps rainin' all the time
Life is bare, gloom and misery's everywhere Stormy weather, can't get my poor self together Keeps rainin' all the time
Well now, since you went away the blues walked in and met me If you don't come back to stay That rocking chair may get me And I'll pray the Lord above will let me Walk in the sun once more
The heat is back on baby The hammers come down on your pretty lil' head And that suits you fine baby If jiving were cement, you'd be highway 5
Everyone knows you're crazy And they're probably right Everyone knows you're crazy Now it's out in the light Everyone knows you're crazy Everyone knows you're crazy, now
Your love is all wrong baby Take what I give and steal what you ain't got Suits me fine baby 'Cause this doc can operate all by himself
You're back on your heels baby So far back your hemline's touching dirt And you'll never know baby You're employed by denial and paid in a half-truth
Small town beauty baby Would-be movie queen In '47, it seemed like heaven Time to take it overseas
She beat it to the island Of rum, romance and dreams But Papa Doc's old choppin' block Soon was gonna change the scene
Peering through the midnight vines The pointed knives and the painted faces smile Demon rum and beating drums Untie the beast that's been there all her life And all the while...
Winding through the curves in a big convertible Trying to hide her eyes from the Haitian sun But he left you cold in a blue eyed trance, girl You better run now 'cause you gonna get no second chance In Port-au-Prince
Crooked jet set livin' With gold-toothed diplomats Umbrella drinks, the whole thing stinks Flipped a switch and that was that
Hey dark-hair Yankee lady Please to suivez-moi I look into that big cat's eyes and I know what you come here for
Peering through the midnight vines...
Too bad little Bettie But know it's time to leave Your Yankee clout has just run out They're gunnin' in the street
Crowded prop plane hummin' Bound for NYC The voodoo rite she saw that night Baby how it set you free
