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Down The Reeperbahn
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Tom Waits
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around the curve of a parrot bar
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a broken-down old movie star
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hustling an Easterner
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bringing out the beast in him
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a high dive on a swimming pool
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filled with needles and with fools
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the memories are short but the tales are long
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down there in the reeperbahn
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they called her Rosie when she was a girl
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for her bright red cheeks and strawberry curls
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when she would sing the river would run
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she said she'd be a comedian
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oh what a pity, oh what a shame
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when she said "come calling" nobody came
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now her bright red cheeks are painted on
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and she's laughing her head off in the reeperbahn
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now little Hans was always strange
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wearing women's underthings
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his father beat him but he wouldn't change
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he ran off with a man one day
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now his lingerie is all the rage
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in the black on every page
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his father proudly calls his name
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down there in the reeperbahn
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now if you've lost your inheritance
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and all you're left is common sense
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and you're not too picky about the crowd you keep
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or the mattress where you sleep
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behind every window, behind every door
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the apple's gone but there's always the core
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the seeds will sprout up right through the floor
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down there in the reeperbahn
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down there in the reeperbahn
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