Third floor walk-up   One block east of Chinatown   She walked by my window   While the rain is pouring down      Looking in she sees   The easy money lying everywhere   And it's clear she don't approve   (And it's clear she don't approve)   Through a cloud of smoke   I shoot a little smile over there   And I know what she's thinking      She know Mah Jongg   Mah Jongg she don't play   She know Mah Jongg   Waste your life away   (Don't you throw it away)   She know Mah Jongg   Mah Jongg she don't play   But she loves the player      With the dark eyes burning   I am opening the wall   (Can there be no other chance?)   I feel my fortune's turning   And I wish for nothing else at all   (Than to run to her)      Looking up I see her signal   With her fingers through her hair   Telling me the hands are clean   Understanding well   I turn a dragon tail into a pair   And the game is over      She know Mah Jongg   Mah Jongg she don't play   (She don't play)   She know Mah Jongg   Waste your life away   (Don't you throw it away)   She know Mah Jongg   Mah Jongg she don't play   Though I don't obey her   Still she loves the player      She know Mah Jongg   Mah Jongg she don't play   She know Mah Jongg   Waste your life away   (Don't you throw it away)   She know Mah Jongg   Mah Jongg she don't play   Though I don't obey her   Still she loves the player      Three floors up from where the lanterns   Light the parlors on the street   There awaits another world   (There awaits another world)   And though there are not many things   Upon which she and I agree   We enjoy the difference      She know Mah Jongg   Mah Jongg she don't play   (She don't play)   She know Mah Jongg   Waste your life away   (Don't you throw it away)   She know Mah Jongg   Mah Jongg she don't play   Though I don't obey her   Still she loves the player      She know Mah Jongg   Mah Jongg she don't play   She know Mah Jongg   Waste your life away   She know Mah Jongg   Mah Jongg she don't play   Though I don't obey her   Still she loves the player