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Desolation Row

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Desolation Row

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Version 2 of the lyrics

1  They’re selling postcards of the hanging   They're selling postcards of the hanging 1
2  They’re painting the passports brown   They're painting the passports brown 2
  The beauty parlor is filled with sailors  The beauty parlor is filled with sailors
  The circus is in town  The circus is in town
1   1
  Here comes the blind commissioner  Here comes the blind commissioner
3  They’ve got him in a trance   They've got him in a trance 3
  One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker  One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
  The other is in his pants  The other is in his pants
4                                              And the riot squad they're restless 4
2  And the riot squad they’re restless   2
  They need somewhere to go  They need somewhere to go
5  As lady and I look out tonight   As Lady and I look out tonight 5
6  From desolation row   From Desolation Row. 6
      
  Cinderella, she seems so easy  Cinderella, she seems so easy
7  It takes one to know one, she smiles   "It takes one to know one," she smiles 7
8  And puts her hands into her back pockets   And puts her hands in her back pockets 8
  Bette Davis style  Bette Davis style
9                                           And in comes Romeo, he's moaning 9
10  And in comes Romeo, he’s moaning   "You belong to Me I Believe" 10
11  "You belong to me I believe"   And someone says, "You're in the 11
12  And someone turns and says to him   wrong place, my friend                12
13  "My friend you'd better leave"                you'd better leave" 13
14                                         And the only sound that's left 14
3  And the only sound that’s left   3
  After the ambulances go  After the ambulances go
  Is Cinderella sweeping up  Is Cinderella sweeping up
15  On desolation row   On Desolation Row. 15
      
  Now the moon is almost hidden  Now the moon is almost hidden
16  The stars they're just pretending to hide   The stars are beginning             to hide 16
17  The fortunetelling lady   The fortune-telling lady 17
  Has even taken all her things inside  Has even taken all her things inside
4   4
  All except for Cain and Abel  All except for Cain and Abel
  And the hunchback of Notre Dame  And the hunchback of Notre Dame
18  Everyone is makin' love   Everybody is making love 18
  Or else expecting rain  Or else expecting rain
1  And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing1
2  He's getting ready for the show2
3  He's going to the carnival tonight3
4  On Desolation Row.4
      
19  And                          the good Samaritan, he’s dressing   Now Ophelia, she's 'neath the window                               19
5  He’s getting ready for the show   5
6  He’s going to the carnival tonight   6
7  On desolation row   7
8   8
9  Ophelia, she’s ’neath the window   9
  For her I feel so afraid  For her I feel so afraid
  On her twenty-second birthday  On her twenty-second birthday
  She already is an old maid  She already is an old maid
20                                          To her, death is quite romantic 20
10  Now to her, death is quite romantic   10
  She wears an iron vest  She wears an iron vest
21  Her profession is her religion   Her profession's     her religion 21
  Her sin is her lifelessness  Her sin is her lifelessness
11   11
  And though her eyes are fixed upon  And though her eyes are fixed upon
22  Noah’s great rainbow   Noah's great rainbow 22
  She spends her time peeking  She spends her time peeking
23  Into desolation row   Into Desolation Row. 23
      
  Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood  Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
  With his memories in a trunk  With his memories in a trunk
  Passed this way an hour ago  Passed this way an hour ago
24  With his friend, some jealous monk   With his friend, a jealous monk 24
25                                             He looked so immaculately frightful 25
26  Now he looked so immaculately frightful   As he bummed a cigarette            26
12  As he bummed his cigarette   12
  Then he went off sniffing drainpipes  Then he went off sniffing drainpipes
  And reciting the alphabet  And reciting the alphabet
13   13
  You would not think to look at him  You would not think to look at him
  But he was famous long ago  But he was famous long ago
  For playing the electric violin  For playing the electric violin
27  On desolation row   On Desolation Row. 27
      
  Dr. Filth, he keeps his world  Dr. Filth, he keeps his world
28  Locked inside of his leather cup   Inside         of a leather cup 28
  But all his sexless patients  But all his sexless patients
29  They’re trying to blow it up   They're trying to blow it up 29
30                                           Now his nurse, some local loser, 30
31  Now his nurse, some local loser         she's in charge of the cyanide hole 31
32  She’s in charge of the cyanide hole         And she also keeps the cards that read 32
33  She also keeps the cards that read   "Have Mercy on His Soul"             33
34  "Have mercy       on his soul"   They all play on penny whistles 34
14   14
15  They all play on the penny whistle   15
  You can hear them blow  You can hear them blow
  If you lean your head out far enough  If you lean your head out far enough
35  From desolation row   From Desolation Row. 35
      
36  Across the street they’ve nailed the curtains   Across the street they've                        36
37  They’re getting ready for the feast   nailed                      the curtains 37
38  The phantom of      the opera   They're getting ready for the feast 38
5  The Phantom of the Opera5
  In a perfect image of a priest  In a perfect image of a priest
39                                       They're spoon feeding Casanova 39
16  They’re spoon feeding Casanova   16
  To get him to feel more assured  To get him to feel more assured
40  Then they’ll kill him with self-confidence   Then they'll kill him with self-confidence 40
  After poisoning him with words  After poisoning him with words
6  And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls6
7  "Get outta here if you don't know"7
8  Casanova is just being punished for going8
9  To Desolation Row.9
      
41  And                the phantom shouts to skinny girls   At midnight all the agents                            41
17  "Get outta here if you don’t know   17
18  Casanova he's just being punished for going   18
19  To desolation row"   19
20   20
21  Now at midnight all the agents   21
  And the superhuman crew  And the superhuman crew
  Come out and round up everyone  Come out and round up everyone
  That knows more than they do  That knows more than they do
22   22
  Then they bring them to the factory  Then they bring them to the factory
42  Where the heart attack machine   Where the heart-attack         machine 42
  Is strapped across their shoulders  Is strapped across their shoulders
  And then the kerosene  And then the kerosene
23   23
  Is brought down from the castles  Is brought down from the castles
  By insurance men who go  By insurance men who go
43  Check to see that no one is escaping   Check to see that nobody      is escaping 43
44  To desolation row   To Desolation Row. 44
      
45  Praise be to Nero’s Neptune   Praise be to Nero's Neptune 45
  The Titanic sails at dawn  The Titanic sails at dawn
46  And everybody’s shouting   Everybody's                shouting 46
47  "Which side are you on?"       "Which side are you on ?" 47
48                                          And Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot 48
49  And Ezra Pound and T.S. Elliott   Fighting in the captain's tower          49
50  Fighting in the captain’s tower         While calypso singers laugh at them 50
24  While Calypso's singers laugh at them   24
  And fishermen hold flowers  And fishermen hold flowers
25   25
  Between the windows of the sea  Between the windows of the sea
  Where lovely mermaids flow  Where lovely mermaids flow
  And nobody has to think too much  And nobody has to think too much
51  About desolation row   About Desolation Row. 51
      
  Yes, I received your letter yesterday  Yes, I received your letter yesterday
  About the time the door knob broke  About the time the door knob broke
  When you asked me how I was doing  When you asked me how I was doing
52  Was that some kind of joke?      Was that some kind of joke ? 52
26   26
  All these people that you mention  All these people that you mention
53  Yes, I know them, they’re quite lame   Yes, I know them, they're quite lame 53
  I had to rearrange their faces  I had to rearrange their faces
  And give them all another name  And give them all another name
54                                           Right now I can't read too good 54
55  Right now I cannot read too well   don't send me no more letters no 55
27  Don’t send me no more letters, no   27
  Not unless you mail them  Not unless you mail them
56  From desolation row   From Desolation Row. 56
      


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