Little black girl, red dress
Hot night with a broken shoe
Little black girl you shoulda' never left home
There's probably someone still waitin' up for you
It's cold back in Chicago
Los Angeles street is worse
All you got is $29.00, an alligator purse
I see that vulture in the Fleetwood
With the chartreuse hood
Can see you're trying to get you bearing
You say, "Hey babe, which way's the main stem?"
Wherever you say you're from
He'll say he grew up there himself
He gonna' come on and make you feel
Like you grew up right next door to him
Take a left on Central
Gonna' throw it in reverse
All you got is $29.00, an alligator purse
Gonna' come on like just a gentleman
Oh baby, you're gonna' be a little shy
You say you ex old man was a sax player
He's "Baby, I used to play bass with Sly"
You say you like his Cadillac, he's "Honey, I got two or three"
Sweetheart you're sure fortunate
That you ran into me
He done a dime in the joint
Figured nothin' could be worse
$29.00, an alligator purse
Pharaoh on the eight track
Start smokin' a little boo
You' thinkin' gettin' out of Chicago was just about the
Best thing that ever happened to you
Startin' to like it already
This cat seems to be cool
Babe I know a good hotel out in West Hollywood
Be just right for you
He ain't no Good Samaritan
He gonna' make sure he's reimbursed
Lot more than $29.00, an alligator purse
Now when the streets get hungry baby
Almost hear them growl
Someone's setting a place for you
When the dogs begin to howl
The streets are dead
They creep up and take whatever is left on the bone
Remember suckers always make mistakes
When they're far away from home
And the chicken in the pot
Whoever gets there first
Gonna' get themselves $29.00, & alligator purse
Now the siren's just an epilogue
Cops here always get there too late
Always stop for coffee on the way to the scene of the crime
They always try so hard; look just like movie stars
But they couldn't catch a cold
Baby don't waste your dime
"She's lucky to be alive",
The doctor whispered to the nurse
She only lost a half a pint of blood,
$29.00, & an alligator purse
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