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