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Danny's all-star joint
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Rickie Lee Jones
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Downstairs at danny's all-star joint
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They got a juke box that goes doyt-doyt
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The vice is nice, they stay in the back all day
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But when the nighttime comes, hey-hey
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There's this cat down there that makes a bad kinda soup
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I come around struttin' my luck in my shoop coupe
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Cecil gives me coffee
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And he won't never take my coin
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I say, " I got thirty dollars in my pocket!
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Whatchoo doin' ? "
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I holler, " Come on, Cecil, take a dollar!
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Come on, Cecil, take a ten!
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I've finally geared up into a whole buncha big ones
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And you're actin' like I'm down-shiftin' "
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He knows all the under-riders on the boulevard
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They got to barefoot cruise when it's forty-weight hard
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They look particularly dead-beat
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Permanently pale
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Cecil picks up his butcher knife
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Waves it at the jail
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The kid say, " I ain't got no dough, Joe, I just want some o.j "
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I said, " Don't look at me " ( Cuz he was lookin' my way )
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Cecil wink upon him some juice and some green
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And the kid walks over and puts the quarter in the pinball machine
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And he says, " Come on, Cec, gimme a dollar
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Come on Cecil gimme five
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I'm in a half-way house on a one-way street
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And I'm a quarter past left alive "
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He can talk about your people in a wonderful way
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He can talk about your people 'til your hair turns grey
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your sisters into mustard, she loves to walk the pup
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she like pickles and a relish, she never gets enough
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Hershey milkshake steamin on a stick, Get a Carter Blanche Sandwich
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Oh lettuce get it thick... It not becuase Im dirty, not because Im clean
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not because I kissed a boy behind a magazine...
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Hey Boys, how bout a fight...Here comes Ricky with her girdle on tight..
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She dont know your name, But she knows what you got, fromn your
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mazzo balls to the chicken in the pot.. chicken in the pot...
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chicken in the... DOOOWWWWOWOWN stairs at Danny's all star joint
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They got a jukebox that goes Doyte doyte..finger snappin delux make ya bee bop
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bap...Your a Ivy League... Your a Hep Scat...
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You cant break the rules until ya know how to play the game
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If ya wanna have a little fun you can mention my name...
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But keep your feet in the street... Your toes in the lawn...
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But keep your business in your pocket Baby, thats where it belongss..
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OW come on Cecil take a dollar... Come on Cecil take a tip...
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Do your self a favor if she offers it take it..
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But honey dont give it away if she dont appriciate it... Dooown bownt bownt
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