$29.00 lyrics
by Tom Waits



little black girl in a red dresson a hothight with a broken shoelittle black girl you shoulde never left hometheres probly someone thats still waitin' up for youits cold back in chicagobut in los angles its worsewhen all you got is $29.00 and an alligator pursei see already that vulture in the fleetwoodwith the startruse hoodcan see you're trying to get you bearringsand you say hey which ways the main stemand where ever you say you're fromhe'll say he grew up there himselfand he'll comeon and make you feellike you grew up right next door to himand you say take a left on a centraland he trows it in reversecause you only got $29.00 and an alligator purseand he'll come on like a gentlemanand you'll be a little shyyou say you ex old man was a sax playerhe'll say baby i used to play bass for slyand you say you like his cadillac, say honey, i got 2 or 3he'll say sweetheart you're sure fortunatethat you ran into mewhen you've done a dime in the jointyou figure nothin' could be worseand you got $29.00 and an alligator pursewell he got pharoh on the 8 trackyou start smokin' a little booyou thinkin' gettin' outofchicago was thebest thing that ever happend to youstartin' to like it alreadythis cat seems to be cooland he says honey i know a good hotel out in west hollywoodthat'd be just right for youbut he ain't know good samaritanhe'll make sure he's reimursedlot more than $29.00 and a alligator pursenow the sirens just an epilogthe cops here always get there too latethey always stop for coffee on the way to the scene of the crimethen they always try so hard to look just like movie starsthey couldnt catch a coldyou ony wasting you dimeand she's lucky to be alivethe doctor whispered to the nurseshe only lost a 1/2 pint of blood$29.00 and an alligator purse