Twenty Nine Dollars-Tom Waits

Little black girl in a red dress On a hothight with a broken shoe Little black girl you shoulde never left home Theres probly someone thats still waitin' up for you Its cold back in chicago But in los angles its worse When all you got is $29.00 and an alligator purse I see already that vulture in the fleetwood With the startruse hood Can see you're trying to get you bearrings And you say hey which ways the main stem And where ever you say you're from He'll say he grew up there himself And he'll comeon and make you feel Like you grew up right next door to him And you say take a left on a central And he trows it in reverse Cause you only got $29.00 and an alligator purse And he'll come on like a gentleman And you'll be a little shy You say you ex old man was a sax player He'll say baby i used to play bass for sly And you say you like his cadillac, say honey, i got 2 or 3 He'll say sweetheart you're sure fortunate That you ran into me When you've done a dime in the joint You figure nothin' could be worse And you got $29.00 and an alligator purse Well he got pharoh on the 8 track You start smokin' a little boo You thinkin' gettin' outofchicago was the Best thing that ever happend to you Startin' to like it already This cat seems to be cool And he says honey i know a good hotel out in west hollywood That'd be just right for you But he ain't know good samaritan He'll make sure he's reimursed Lot more than $29.00 and a alligator purse Now the sirens just an epilog The cops here always get there too late They always stop for coffee on the way to the scene of the crime Then they always try so hard to look just like movie stars They couldn't catch a cold You ony wasting you dime And she's lucky to be alive The doctor whispered to the nurse She only lost a 1/2 pint of blood $29.00 and an alligator purse