Billy he's down by the railroad tracks
Sitting low in the back seat of his Cadillac
Diamond Jackie, she's so intact
As she falls so softly beneath him
Jackie's heels are stacked
Billy's got cleats on his boots
Together they're gonna boogaloo
down Broadway
and come back home with the loot
It's midnight in Manhattan, this is no time to get cute
It's a mad dog's promenade
So walk tall or baby don't walk at all
Fish lady, oh fish lady
She baits them tenement walls
She won't take corner boys
They ain't got no money
And they're so easy
I said «Hey, baby
Won't you take my hand walk with me down Broadway
Well mama
take my arm and move with me down Broadway
I'm a young man, I talk it real loud
Yeah babe I walk it real proud for you
Ah so shake it away
So shake away your street life
Shake away your city life
And hook up to the train
Hook up to the night train
Hook it up
Hook up to the train
But I know that she won't take the train,
no she won't take the train»
Oh she won't take the train, no she won't take the train
Oh she won't take the train, no she won't take the train
Oh she won't take the train, no she won't take the train
She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down
And when she turns this boy'll be gone
So long, sometimes you just gotta walk on, walk on
Hey vibes man, hey jazz man,
play me your serenade
Any deeper blue and you're playing in your grave
Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the blues boy
Save your notes,
don't spend 'em on the darling yearling sharp boy
Straight for the church note ringing,
vibes man sting a trash can
Listen to your junk man
Listen to your junk man
Listen to your junk man
He's singing, he's singing, he's singing
All dressed up in satin, walking past the alley
He's singing, singing, singing, singing