little black girl in a red dress
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on a hothight with a broken shoe
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little black girl you shoulde never left home
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theres probly someone thats still waitin' up for you
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its cold back in chicago
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but in los angles its worse
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when all you got is $29.00 and an alligator purse
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i see already that vulture in the fleetwood
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with the startruse hood
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can see you're trying to get you bearrings
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and you say hey which ways the main stem
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and where ever you say you're from
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he'll say he grew up there himself
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and he'll comeon and make you feel
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like you grew up right next door to him
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and you say take a left on a central
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and he trows it in reverse
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cause you only got $29.00 and an alligator purse
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and he'll come on like a gentleman
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and you'll be a little shy
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you say you ex old man was a sax player
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he'll say baby i used to play bass for sly
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and you say you like his cadillac, say honey, i got 2 or 3
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he'll say sweetheart you're sure fortunate
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that you ran into me
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when you've done a dime in the joint
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you figure nothin' could be worse
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and you got $29.00 and an alligator purse
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well he got pharoh on the 8 track
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you start smokin' a little boo
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you thinkin' gettin' outofchicago was the
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best thing that ever happend to you
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startin' to like it already
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this cat seems to be cool
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and he says honey i know a good hotel out in west hollywood
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that'd be just right for you
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but he ain't know good samaritan
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he'll make sure he's reimursed
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lot more than $29.00 and a alligator purse
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now the sirens just an epilog
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the cops here always get there too late
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they always stop for coffee on the way to the scene of the crime
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then they always try so hard to look just like movie stars
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they couldnt catch a cold
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you ony wasting you dime
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and she's lucky to be alive
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the doctor whispered to the nurse
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she only lost a 1/2 pint of blood
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$29.00 and an alligator purse
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$29.00
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| Tom Waits |
