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Small Change got rained on with his own .38
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And nobody flinched down by the arcade
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And the marquees weren't weeping
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They went stark-raving mad
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And the cabbies were the only ones
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That really had it made
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And his cold trousers were twisted and the sirens high and shrill
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And crumpled in his fist was a five-dollar bill
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And the naked mannequins with their cheshire grins
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And the raconteurs and roustabouts said "Buddy, come on in"
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'Cause, 'cause the dreams ain't broken down here now
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They're walking with a limp
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Now that Small Change got rained on with his own .38
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And nobody flinched down by the arcade
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And the burglar alarms been disconnected
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And the newsmen start to rattle
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And the cops are telling jokes
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About some whorehouse in Seattle
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And the fire hydrants plead the 5th Amendment
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And the furniture is bargains galore
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But the blood is by the jukebox on an old linoleum floor
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And what a hot rain on 42nd Street
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And now the umbrellas ain't got a chance
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And the newsboy's a lunatic with stains on his pants
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'Cause, 'cause Small Change got rained on with his own .38
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And no one's gone over to close his eyes
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And there's a racing form in his pocket circled 'Blue Boots' in the third
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And the cashier at the clothing store didn't say a word
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As the siren tears the night in half and someone lost his wallet
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Well, a surveillance of assailants if that's what you wanna to call it
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And the whores hike up their skirts and fish for drug-store prophylactics
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With their mouths cut just like razor blades
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And their eyes are like stilettos and her radiator's steaming
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And her teeth are in a wreck, and nah
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She won't let you kiss her but what the hell do you expect?
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And the gypsies are tragic and if you want to buy perfume
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Well, they'll bark you down like carnys
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Sell you Christmas cards in June
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But, but Small Change got rained on with his own .38
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And his headstone's a gum ball machine
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No more chewing gum or baseball cards or overcoats or dreams
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Someone's hosing down the sidewalk, and he's only in his teens
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'Cause, 'cause Small Change got rained on with his own .38
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And a fistful of dollars can't change that
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And someone copped his watch fob, and someone got his ring
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And the newsboy got his pork pie Stetson hat
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And the tuberculosis old men at the Nelson wheeze and cough
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And someone will head south until this whole thing cools off
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'Cause, 'cause Small Change got rained on with his own .38
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Yeah, Small Change got rained on with his own .38
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