Twenty-nine dollars
Little black girl in a red dresson a hot night with a broken shoelittle black girl you shoulda never left hometheres probly someone thats still waitin up for youits cold back in chicagobut in los angeles its worsewhen all you got is $29.00 and an alligator purse
I see already that vulture in the fleetwoodwith the shartruse hoodcan see you're trying to get your bearingsand you say hey which ways the main stemand where ever you say you're fromhe'll say he grew up there himselfand he'll comeon and make you feellike you grew up right next door to himand you say take a left on centraland he throws it in reversecause you only got $29.00 and an alligator purse
And he'll come on like a gentlemanand you'll be a little shyyou say your ex old man was a sax playerhe'll say baby i used to play bass for slyand you say you like his cadillac, say honey i got 2 or 3he'll say sweetheart you're sure fortunatethat you ran into mewhen you've done a dime in the jointyou figure nothin could be worseand you got $29.00 in an alligator purse
Well he got pharoh on the 8 trackyou start smokin a little booyou thinkin gettin out of chicago was thebest thing ever happened to youbut he ain't no good samaritanhe'll make sure he's reimbursedlot more than $29.00 and an alligator purse
Now when the streets get hungry, babyyou can almost hear them growlsomeone's setting a place for youwhen the dogs begin to howl
Well the streets are deadthey creep up and ??? but it was left on the polethey make... suckers always make mistakeswhen they're far away from homeChicken in a potWhoever gets their firstGonna get himself 29.00and an alligator purse
Now the sirens just an epilogthe cops always get there too latethey always stop for coffee on the way to the scene of thecrimethey always try so hard to look like movie starsthey couldnt catch a coldyou only wasting your dimeand she's lucky to be alivethe doctor whispered to the nurseshe only lost a 1/2 pint of blood$29.00 and an alligator purse