She was a ballerina on a subway train Stiletto heels and a candy cane Looked like a number on a station wall Hot on the tail of a social call I wet my
Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone Lived 9 to 5 and he worked his fingers to the bone Just barely get out of school, came from the edge of
The night approaches, after dark you have no chance Ooh, when moonlight takes the sky, you'll feel my dark romance I'm on your footsteps and I wait
Sleazin' in the city You know I'm lookin' for a fight I got my heels and lookin' pretty On a Saturday night, night, night Good God, bless my soul I need
Can't stand the heartache Fall in love with a twisted lady, suicide with a cover girl Spent all your time then you got stuck paying the price Uptown
She blew my mind like a wreckin' machine She was a shipload of trouble called the subway queen Had a hip with bad habits and a shake that was a bit obscene
Ohh ya A'right Take it up T Bone Billy just a singin' the blues he caught his lady with another man Lit up a smoke and did some talkin' with the back
3-piece Wall Street smile And son you'll look just like me I said "Hey man" There's something that you outta know Park Avenue leads to Skid Row Well
Give me a minute 'cause I'm wrapped in superstition Pour me a chemical to take away the edge Don't make up anything that's breaking all your fingers Just
What was it you once said That there would be things in life that couldn't be Not for a second did I believe you Not for a minute did I believe that Within
Why not just skin me like a Yankee pig? This neo-Nazi stuff just ain't my gig Still ain't sure what you had in mind I picked it from the stench you left
Well, outside my window there's a whole lot of trouble comin' The cartoon killers and the rag cover clones Stack heels kickin' rhythm of social circumcision
Woke up to the sound of pouring rain The wind would whisper and I'd think of you And all the tears you cried, that called my name And when you needed
Check out Clementine Cleanin' needles in her wine Your face down in her one-eyed world With her brain-dead valentine She'll be your zombie, your livin
She caught the melting sky It burned but still the winter passes by and by To the other side A slow parade of wind That blows through threes That wilted
Slowly I heal the love that's found it's way Onto another path in times of change Crossing a bridge unknown Hoping our strength will hold Should they
Tricky little Vicky walks along south street She learned her French from the boys that she'd meet I gotta laugh when I hear them say She's a sweet little
You got me forced to keep my legs in two I'm still stuck inside this rubber room I gotta punch the clock that leads the blind I'm just another gear in
