ballad of lou the welterweight
Singer:felice brothers, the
let me love you from behind
we're going down to my bout
before the bell would ring he had a way like errol flynn
as he sauntered to the ring with a sheet on
but the late rounds scared the girl
heaven knows she thought the world of lou
it was hard to see him swaying in the neon
just some big dumb kid from flushing
he had a face like an ugly bull
he hit louie kind of low and he stumbles on the ropes
as the bookies blocked the rows
let me love you from behind
we're going down to my bout
the blows were hard and loud
he could hardly hear the crowd
in the bleachers where they howled
it was clear that lou was fading
when something caught his eye by the ceiling
he saw her as she spoke through the shifty yellow smoke