Well I haven’t been doing much dancing, just got out of the slot Two months in Malabar mansion and looking to play a straight shot Gets harder to make easy money, takes longer to make a fast quid These days nobody falls for those comic book ads like they used to when I was a kid
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Well the boss has left me here holding the bag, I’m thinking of bagging the lot I’ll just say it was won on some no-hoper nag at long odds, whose name I’ve forgot Those fences and bookies all drive a hard deal, they’ll tell you that nothing’s for free It seems like the whole of the city knows what’s going on except me
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The six o’clock swill still happens round here, though no one partakes except me Out on the pimp walk they’re peeling the peach, where I used to jive with Marie The writing on the footpath was washed away with the rain It seemed like an eternity was going down the drain
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I slept through a whole double feature at Matraville drive-in last night I followed myself back to old Chinatown and that’s where I woke up in fright Six foot down facing the sky - no wallet, no memory, no key I thought I was chasing the dragon but the dragon was chasing me
Tonight I’ll go down to the Stadium, got a taste for them rhythm and blues Cigarettes, whisky or women - I’m finding it harder to choose Those milk bar bodgies and good sorts, they dance the Sugarfoot Strut You can do things with eyes wide open when the devil’s eyes are shut, I’m gonna…
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