Now at midnight all the agents
And the riot squad, they're restless
Don't send me no letters, no
To Desolation Row
And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend
The circus is in town
That knows more than they do
Is Cinderella sweeping up
You better leave"
And super-human crew
The other's in his pants
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
Bette Davis style
On Desolation Row
Where the heart-attack machine
Cinderella, she seems so easy
From Desolation Row
Is strapped across their shoulders
Now but in comes Romeo moaning
By insurance men who go
Yeah, the beauty parlor's filled with sailors
"Well, it takes one to know one," she smiles
"You belong to me I believe"
Go out and round up everyone
And then the kerosene!
'Cause right now I can't read too good
Not unless you gotta mail them
Check to see that no one is escaping
And she puts her hands in her back pockets
And then only sound that's left
Oh now but here comes the blind commissioner
They gonna bring 'em to the factory
Well, they got him in a trance
Is brought down from the castles
As Lady and I look out tonight
After the ambulances go
They need somewhere to go
