There was heat in the air  And cops everywhere you looked  So there wasn't a lot  And the breaks that you got You know you took  And I remember wonderin' Where you been  The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in  The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in  They were playin' "Desolation Row" On the radio  The night Spanish Eddie fell from grace  There was amazement on his face  On the night that Eddie failed Sanity prevailed  It was June or July  When the heat from above beat down  It was famine or drought  When the brothers went out Of syle uptown  And we was mixin' Vicks with lemon gin  The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in  The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in  They were playin "Desolation Row" On the radio  The night Spanish Eddie made front page  His revolution came of age  He wrote "Surrender" on the wall  The night he took the fall  I heard someone say "He's tryin' to fly"  Like Eddie used to say We'll do when we die  I know someone turned you For a spin  The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in  The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in  They were playin' "Desolation Row" On the radio