little black girl in a red dress   on a hot night with a broken shoe   little black girl you shoulda never left home   theres probly someone thats still waitin up for you   its cold back in chicago   but in los angeles its worse   when all you got is $29.00 and an alligator purse      i see already that vulture in the fleetwood   with the shartruse hood   can see you're trying to get your bearings   and you say hey which ways the main stem   and where ever you say you're from   he'll say he grew up there himself   and he'll comeon and make you feel   like you grew up right next door to him   and you say take a left on central   and he throws it in reverse   cause you only got $29.00 and an alligator purse      and he'll come on like a gentleman   and you'll be a little shy   you say your ex old man was a sax player   he'll say baby i used to play bass for sly   and you say you like his cadillac, say honey i got 2 or 3   he'll say sweetheart you're sure fortunate   that you ran into me   when you've done a dime in the joint   you figure nothin could be worse   and you got $29.00 in an alligator purse      well he got pharoh on the 8 track   you start smokin a little boo   you thinkin gettin out of chicago was the   best thing ever happened to you   but he ain't no good samaritan   he'll make sure he's reimbursed   lot more than $29.00 and an alligator purse      now when the streets get hungry, baby   you can almost hear them growl   someone's setting a place for you   when the dogs begin to howl      well the streets are dead   they creep up and ??? but it was left on the pole   they make... suckers always make mistakes   when they're far away from home   Chicken in a pot   Whoever gets their first   Gonna get himself 29.00   and an alligator purse      now the sirens just an epilog   the cops always get there too late   they always stop for coffee on the way to the scene of the   crime   they always try so hard to look like movie stars   they couldnt catch a cold   you only wasting your dime   and she's lucky to be alive   the doctor whispered to the nurse   she only lost a 1/2 pint of blood   $29.00 and an alligator purse