Down over the windowComes the dazzling sunlit raysThrough the back alleys – through the blindsAnother one of them endless days Honeybees are buzzin’Leaves begin to stirI’m in love with my second cousinI tell myself I could be happy forever with her I keep listenin’ for footstepsBut I ain’t hearing anyFrom the boat I fish for […]

Well, I’m stranded in the city that never sleepsSome of these women they just give me the creepsI’m avoidin’ the Southside the best I canThese memories I got, they can strangle a man Well I came ashore in the dead of the nightLot of things can get in the way when you’re tryin’ to do […]

Man comes to the door – I say, "For whom are you looking?"He says, "Your wife", I say, "She’s busy in the kitchen cookin’."Poor boy – where you been?I already tol’ you – won’t tell you again I say, "How much you want for that?" I go into the storeThe man says, "Three dollars", "All […]