New Coat of Paint Lyrics

Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shiftNeath the cement strollCatch the midnight driftCigar chewing CharlieIn the newspapernessGrifting hot-horse tipsOn who's running the b...Read Full Lyrics

In the evening he stumbles home with his tie undone,As the moon sweeps 7th avenue, as usualYou lie awake at nightYou remember whenNow that Annie's back in townWell I know why you'r...Read Full Lyrics

The ribbon round your neckAgainst your skin it's pale as boneIt is my favorite thing you've wornThe band is playing our songAnd we won't go home, 'til morn...Read Full Lyrics

Well I'm singing this song, cause it's time it was sungI've been putting it off for a while,Cause it's harder by now, and the truth is so clearThat I am crying when I'm seeing you ...Read Full Lyrics

Little black girl in a red dress,On a hot night with a broken shoe.Little black girl you shouldn't never left home,There's probably someone that's still waiting up for you.It's col...Read Full Lyrics

Are you ready!?Are you ready!?Are you ready!?Knocky Parker told Bowlegged SalThey all know how to kick it in CalThey're playing this dope and this-a money tuneDancing baby with a 7...Read Full Lyrics

The seeds are planted hereBut they won't growWe won't have to say goodbyeIf we all goMaybe things will be better in ChicagoTo leave all we've ever knownFor a place we've never seen...Read Full Lyrics

The bats are in the belfryThe dew is on the moorWhere are the arms that held me?And pledged her love before?And pledged her love before?It's such a sad old feelingThe hills are sof...Read Full Lyrics

Over here the ladies all want sweet perfumeBut there's never a roseAnd over there the roses are frightened to bloomSo they never can growAnd over here they need woolFor weaving the...Read Full Lyrics

I don't mind working, 'cause I used to be jerking off most of my time in bars,I've been a cabbie and a stock clerk and a soda-fountain jock-jerkAnd a manic mechanic on cars.It's ni...Read Full Lyrics