Once i built a railroad, i made it run I made it run against time Once i built a railroad, and now it's done Buddy, can you spare a dime? Once i built a tower way up to the sun Of bricks and morter and lime Once i built a tower, and now it's done Buddy can you spare a dime? Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell Full of that...Learn More

Little black girl in a red dress on a hot night with a broken shoe Little black girl, you should've never left home There's probably someone still waitin' up for you It's cold back in Chicago, but the Los Angeles street is worse All you got is twenty-nine dollars and an alligator purse See that vulture in the Fleetwood with the chartreuse hood He...Learn More

Over here the ladies all waltz with perfume But there's never a rose And over there the roses are frightened to bloom So they never can grow And over here they need wool For weaving their baby's new clothes But nobody has any wool And the sheep are all lost in the harbour Lost in the harbour And over here they want diamonds to wear But there aren't...Learn More

Liar, liar with your pants on fire White spades hangin' on the telephone wire Gamblers reevaluate along the dotted line You'll never recognize yourself on Heartattack and Vine Doctor, lawyer, beggarman, thief Philly Joe remarkable looks on in disbelief If you want a taste of madness, you'll have to wait in line You'll probably see someone you know...Learn More

Well it's 9th and Hennepin And all the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes And the moon's teeth marks are on the sky Like a tarp thrown all over this And the broken umbrellas like dead birds And the steam comes out of the grill Like the whole goddamned town is ready to blow And the bricks are all scarred with jailhouse tattoos And...Learn More