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