Rickie Lee Jones)

Downstairs at Danny's All Star Joint
They got a juke box that goes doyt-doyt
The vice is nice they stay in the back all day
But when the nighttime comes, hey hey
There's this cat down there
that makes a bad kinda soup
I come around struttin' my luck in my shoop coupe
Cecil gives me coffee
And he won't never take my coin
I say "I got thirty dollars in my pocket
Watchoo doin'?"

I holler "Come on Cecil take a dollar
Come on Cecil take a ten
I've finally geared up into a whole buncha big ones
And you're acting like I'm down-shifting."

He knows all the under-riders on the boulevard
They got to barefoot cruise when it's forty-weight hard
They look particularly dead-beat
Permanently pale
Cecil picks up his butcher knife and
Waves it at the jail
The kid say "I ain't git no dough, Joe
I just want some O.J."
I say "Don't look at me." (Cuz he was lookin' my way)
Cecil wink upon him some juice and some green
And the kid walks over and puts the quarter in the pinball-machine

And he says "Come on Cec gimme a dollar
Come on Cecil gimme five
I'm in a half-way house on a one-way street
And I'm a quarter past left alive"

He can talk about your people in a wonderfull way
He can talk about your people 'till your hair turns grey
Your sister's into mustard
She loves to walk the pub
She likes the pickles and the relish
she never gets enough
A Hershey milkshake steamin' on a stick
For a Card Blanché sandwich
Oh, lettuce get thick
It's not because I'm dirty
It's not because I'm clean
It's not because I kiss the boys behind the magazine
Hey boys? How 'bout a fight?
Cuz here comes Rickie with the girdle on tight
And if she don't know your name
She knows what you got
From Your matzo balls
To the chicken-in-the-pot
chicken-in-the-pot
chicken-in-the-pot

Downstairs at Danny's All Star Joint
They got a juke box that goes doyt-doyt
A finger-snappin' deluxe
Make your be-bop bap
And your R&B hep-scat

You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game
But if you just want to have a little fun
You can mention my name
Keep your feet in the street
Your toes in the lawn
But keep your business in your pocket
This is it were it belongs

Come on Cecil, take a dollar
Come on Cecil, take a tip
Do yourself a favor
If she offers it - take it
But honey, don't give it away if he don't appreciate it




» A Face In The Crowd
» A lucky
» A Lucky Guy
» A Second Chance
» A Stranger's Car
» A Strangers Car
» A Tree On Allenford
» After Hours
» After HoursTwelve Bars Past Goodnight
» Altar Boy
» Altar Boys
» Atlas Marker
» Atlas' Marker
» Away From The Sky
» Beat Angels
» Bitchenostrophy
» Bye Bye Blackbird
» Carried Into Redemption
» Chuck E's In Love
» Chuck Es In Love
» Cloud Of Unknowing
» Comin Back To Me
» Comin' Back To Me
» Company
» Coolsville
» Cycles
» Danny's All Star Joint
» Danny's All-Star Joint
» Dannys All-star Joint
» Dat Dere
» Deep Space
» Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
» Dont Let The Sun Catch You Crying
» Driving Away
» Drunk On The Striped Table
» Easy Money
» Evening of my Best Day
» Firewalker
» Flying Cowboys
» For No One
» Ghetto Of My Mind
» Ghost Train
» Ghostyhead
» Gloria
» Gravity
» Hey Bub
» Hi-Lili
» Hi-Lili-hi-lo
» Howard
» I Can't Get Started
» I Cant Get Started
» I Won't Grow Up
» I Wont Grow Up
» I'll Be Seeing You
» It Must Be Love
» It Takes You There
» Jolie Jolie
» Juke Box Fury
» Just My Baby
» Lap Dog
» Leaving Through The Forest Path
» Letters From The 9th Ward / Walk Away Renee
» Letters from the 9th Ward / Walk Away Renee
» Letters From The 9th Ward/Walk Away Renee
» Letters From The 9th WardWalk Away Renee
» Liner notes
» Liner Notes (From Naked Songs LP)
» Little Mysteries
» Little Yellow Town
» Living It Up
» Love Is Gonna Bring Us Back Alive
» Love Junkyard
» Lush Life
» Magazine
» Matters
» Mink Coat At The Bus Stop
» More At The Striped Table
» My Funny Valentine
» My One And Only Love
» Night Train
» On Saturday Afternoons In 1963
» On Saturday Afternoons In 1963 (Featured In Alias
» On The Street Where You Live
» One Hand One Heart
» Outside The Great Divide
» Pink Flamingos
» Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)
» Rainbow Sleeves
» Rebel Rebel
» Road Kill
» Roadkill
» Rodeo Girl
» Runaround
» Running From Mercy
» Sailor Song
» Satellites
» Scary Chinese Movie
» Second Chance
» Secret Language Of Trees
» Show Biz Kids
» Skeletons
» Smile
» So Long
» Someone To Watch Over Me
» Something Cool
» Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
» Stewart's Coat
» Stewarts Coat
» Sunny Afternoon
» Tell somebody (repeal the patriot act now)
» Tell Somebody (Repeal The Patriot Acts Now)
» The Albatross
» The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
» The Evening Of My Best Day
» The Horses
» The Last Chance Texaco
» The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys
» The Real End
» The Returns
» The Second Time Around
» The Unsigned Painting
» The Weird Beast
» Tigers
» Traces Of The Western Slopes
» Traces On The Western Slopes
» Trouble Man
» Ugly Man
» Under The Boardwalk
» Up A Lazy River
» Up From The Skies
» Vessel Of Light
» Walk Away Renee
» We Belong Together
» Weasel And The White Boys Cool
» Woody And Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking
» Young Blood

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