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Tom Waits
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Little black girl, red dress
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Hot night with a broken shoe
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Little black girl, you shoulda never left home
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There's probably someone still waitin' up for you
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It's cold back in Chicago
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Los Angeles, it's worse when all you got is
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$29.00 and an alligator purse
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I see that vulture in the Fleetwood
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Chartreuse hood trying to get your bearings
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Say ‽Hey baby, which way's the main stem?â€
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Where ever you say you're from
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He'll say he grew up there himself
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He gonna come on and make you feel
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Like you grew up right next door to him
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Take left on Central
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Gon' throws it in reverse
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All you got is $29.00 and an alligator purse
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Come on like a gentleman
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Oh babe, you gonna be a little shy
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Say your ex old man was a sax player
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He says, "Baby, I used to play bass for Sly"
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Say you like his Cadillac
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Says, ‽Honey, I got 2 or 3â€
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Sweetheart, you're sure fortunate
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That you ran into me
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You've done a dime in the joint
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You figure nothin' could be worse
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$29.00 and an alligator purse
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Pharaoh on the 8 track
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You start smokin' little boo
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Thinkin' gettin' out of Chicago is just about
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The best thing that's ever happened to you
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He's starting like a [Incomprehensible]
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This cat seems to be cool
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He says, ‽Baby, I know a good ol' deal
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Out in West Hollywood, he's just right for youâ€
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He ain't no good Samaritan
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He gon' make sure he's reimbursed
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Lot more than $29.00 and an alligator purse
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Now when the streets get hungry, baby
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You almost hear them growl
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Someone's setting a place for you
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When the dogs begin to howl
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Well, the streets are dead
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They creep up and down when it was left on the pole
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Remember suckers always make mistakes
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When they're far away from home
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Chicken in a pot
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Whoever gets there first
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Gonna get himself $29.00
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And an alligator purse
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Now the sirens just an epilogue
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The cops here always get there too late
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Always stop for coffee
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On the way to the scene of the crime
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They always try so hard
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Just like movie stars
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But they couldn't catch a cold
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Baby, don't waste your dime
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Lucky to be alive
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The doctor whispered to the nurse
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‽She only lost a half pint of blood
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$29.00 and an alligator purseâ€
Tom Waits - "God's Away On Business"
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