Romantic and snow blind
A plane in the rain is humming
Edith and the kingpin
His eyes hold Edith
Small town, big man
The wires in the walls are humming
In challenge they look on
Are staring eye to eye
The passed-over girls are conferring
Women he has taken
She says his crime belongs
One by one they bring
What does that hand desire
The man with the diamond ring is purring
Sophomore jive
Plainclothes cops greet him
His left hand holds his right
Fresh lipstick glistening
Edith in the ring
All claws for now withdrawn
He tilts their tired faces
Grow old too soon
His crimes and his glories to her
His renegade stories to her
The big man he's not listening
From victims of typewriters
Gently to the spoon
Some song, some mysterious song
Edith in his bed
They dare not look away
The band sounds like typewriters
That he grips it so tight?
Bars in her head
Each with charm to sway
Beating frantic and snow blind
