Billy he's down by the railroad tracks    Sittin' low in the back seat of his Cadillac    Diamond Jackie, she's so intact    As she falls so softly beneath him    Jackie's heels are stacked    Billy's got cleats on his boots    Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway and come back home with the loot    It's midnight in Manhattan, this is no time to get cute    It's a mad dog's promenade    So walk tall or baby don't walk at all       Fish lady, oh fish lady    She baits them tenement walls    She won't take corner boys    They ain't got no money    And they're so easy    I said "Hey, baby    Won't you take my hand    Walk with me down Broadway    Well mama take my arm andÊ move with me down Broadway"    I'm a young man, I talk it real loud    Yeah babe I walk it real proud for you    Ah so shake it away    So shake away your street life    Shake away your city life    Hook up to the train    And hook up to the night train    Hook it up    Hook up to the train    But I know that she won't take the train, no she won't take the train    Oh she won't take the train, no she won't take the train    Oh she won't take the train, no she won't take the train    Oh she won't take the train, no she won't take the train    She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down    And when she turns this boy'll be gone    So long, sometimes you just gotta walk on, walk on       Hey vibes man, hey jazz man, play me your serenade    Any deeper blue and you're playin' in your grave    Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the blues boy    Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the darlin' yearlin' sharp boy    Straight for the church note ringin', vibes man sting a trash can    Listen to your junk man    Listen to your junk man    Listen to your junk man    He's singin', he's singin', he's singin'    All dressed up in satin, walkin' past the alley    He's singin', singin', singin', singin'