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