desolation row

they're selling postcards of the hanging

well they're painting the passports brown

and the beauty parlor's filled with sailors

the circus is in town

oh now look

here comes the blind commissioner

well they got him in a trance

one hand is tied to the tight-rope walker

the other's in his pants

and the riot squad they're restless

they need somewhere to go

as lady and i look out tonight

from desolation row

cinderella

she seem so easy

well it takes one to know one