Forty-deuce Lyrics

Forty-deuce lyrics

As I roved out one May morning
On down by old Times Square
I met a
sportin' lady
Sweet Nancy was her name
She said "Me dearest
darlin'
You're so young and you smell so sweet
But you'll age 10 years in
20 days down on 42nd Street"

She took me upstairs to a room
With
cobwebs on the wall
She said "Lay down, me darlin'
You and I gonna
have a ball"
And as she kissed me virgin tears away
She sang in her
sweet voice
Fare thee well my 42nd street
Good-bye my
forty-deuce

In the years to come I had occasion
To remember sweet
Nancy's song
For I fell in with bad company
I lived me life all
wrong
I did everything forbidden
By bible, book and creed
'Til I'd no
more virgin tears to shed
Down on 42nd Street

I fell in with two
blaggards
Spider Murphy and Jem Black
We terrorized Hell's Kitchen
We
robbed both white and black
We never gave a damn about
The Narcos or the
Vice
For the days were short and the nights were long
Down on dear old
forty-deuce

One night on 7th Avenue 
I was accosted by the
law
They said "We've got your number, lad
You're time is gettin'
short
Take our advice, me bucko
Kick the dust up with your heels
And
leave your false companions 
Down on 42nd Street"

But I was
young and stupid
And loyal to a fault
I had a package in me shirt 
To
deliver to Jem Black
When I handed him his contraband 
I was pounced on
by 2 narcs
Spider Murphy had betrayed me
Farewell my forty-deuce

I
spent 10 years in Sing Sing
Goin' slowly up the walls
With revenge the
only motive
That kept me alive at all
I came out of there a different
man
Cruel, vicious, but discreet
Bought a gun and went back home
Down
to 42nd Street

I followed Spider Murphy 
Into a church down by Times
Square
I blew him to sweet Jesus
While he was kneelin' at his
prayers
If you're ever lookin' for Jem Black
Don't bother tryin'
home
Coz he's 40 feet down under
The Hudson's ragin' foam

So, fare
thee well, sweet Nancy
Give back me virgin tears
I'm goin' back to Sing
Sing 
For five and fifty years
Please hold me like the first time
Sing
in your sweet voice
Fare thee well my 42nd Street
Goodbye my forty-deuce