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Song title: Tom Waits - $29. 00

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Little black girl in a red dress
On a hot night with a broken shoe
Little black girl you shoulda never left home
Theres probly someone thats still waitin up for you
Its cold back in chicago
But in los angeles its worse
When all you got is $29.00 and an alligator purse

I see already that vulture in the fleetwood
With the shartruse hood
Can see youre trying to get your bearings
And you say hey which ways the main stem
And where ever you say youre from
Hell say he grew up there himself
And hell comeon and make you feel
Like you grew up right next door to him
And you say take a left on central
And he throws it in reverse
Cause you only got $29.00 and an alligator purse

And hell come on like a gentleman
And youll be a little shy
You say your ex old man was a sax player
Hell say baby I used to play bass for sly
And you say you like his cadillac, say honey I got 2 or 3
Hell say sweetheart youre sure fortunate
That you ran into me
When youve done a dime in the joint
You figure nothin could be worse
And you got $29.00 in an alligator purse

Well he got pharoh on the 8 track
You start smokin a little boo
You thinkin gettin out of chicago was the
Best thing ever happened to you
But he aint no good samaritan
Hell make sure hes reimbursed
Lot more than $29.00 and an alligator purse

Now the sirens just an epilog
The cops always get there to late
They always stop for coffee on the way to the scene of the
Crime
They always try so hard to look like movie stars
They couldnt catch a cold
You only wasting your dime
And shes 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