Chinatown Lyrics

Chinatown lyrics

There's a mad wind blowin down the ninety nine

And the ghosts of NYC they'll be doin' just fine

When that little smith & wesson gonna light up the night

All she show'd when she heard were them cold pearly whites

None of them kisses dropped down in the hole

While the midnight sun played the starring role

Was gonna turn the tide in that black Cadillac

Next to them little white rails and cold hard facts



So when you get done dancing and the rain slows down (rain's all gone)

We'll all meet up at eddy's o'er in chinatown (in the great beyond)



Now you think you know the answer but you got it all wrong

And the days too short and the nights too long

And you wake up to find your worlds falling apart

In a fifty dollar dress over a broken heart

Dig in the dirt dance with the dogs

Roll around on the ground lost in the fog

Stomp on tomorrow like a big black drum

Pull your head back and spit at the sun



So when you get done dancing and the lights go down (sunshine's gone)

We'll all meet up at eddy's o'er in chinatown (in the great beyond)



There's a fifty on the table theirs trouble down the line

200,000 dollars in a bag they'll never find

You know you'll never see her walking through your door

& the bars about to close and the sky's about to pour

You take your last slug and stumble to the street

Pull the gun out of your pocket and you whisper trick or treat

And as you pull the trigger beyond a shadow of a doubt

You hear her whispering your name and then the lights go out



So when you get done dancing and your six feet underground (sun's all gone)

We'll all meet up at eddy's o'er in chinatown (in the great beyond)