As I roved out one May morning   On down by old Times Square   I met a sportin' lady   Sweet Nancy was her name   She said "Me dearest darlin'   You're so young and you smell so sweet   But you'll age 10 years in 20 days down on 42nd Street"      She took me upstairs to a room   With cobwebs on the wall   She said "Lay down, me darlin'   You and I gonna have a ball"   And as she kissed me virgin tears away   She sang in her sweet voice   Fare thee well my 42nd street   Good-bye my forty-deuce      In the years to come I had occasion   To remember sweet Nancy's song   For I fell in with bad company   I lived me life all wrong   I did everything forbidden   By bible, book and creed   'Til I'd no more virgin tears to shed   Down on 42nd Street      I fell in with two blaggards   Spider Murphy and Jem Black   We terrorized Hell's Kitchen   We robbed both white and black   We never gave a damn about   The Narcos or the Vice   For the days were short and the nights were long   Down on dear old forty-deuce      One night on 7th Avenue    I was accosted by the law   They said "We've got your number, lad   You're time is gettin' short   Take our advice, me bucko   Kick the dust up with your heels   And leave your false companions    Down on 42nd Street"      But I was young and stupid   And loyal to a fault   I had a package in me shirt    To deliver to Jem Black   When I handed him his contraband    I was pounced on by 2 narcs   Spider Murphy had betrayed me   Farewell my forty-deuce      I spent 10 years in Sing Sing   Goin' slowly up the walls   With revenge the only motive   That kept me alive at all   I came out of there a different man   Cruel, vicious, but discreet   Bought a gun and went back home   Down to 42nd Street      I followed Spider Murphy    Into a church down by Times Square   I blew him to sweet Jesus   While he was kneelin' at his prayers   If you're ever lookin' for Jem Black   Don't bother tryin' home   Coz he's 40 feet down under   The Hudson's ragin' foam      So, fare thee well, sweet Nancy   Give back me virgin tears   I'm goin' back to Sing Sing    For five and fifty years   Please hold me like the first time   Sing in your sweet voice   Fare thee well my 42nd Street   Goodbye my forty-deuce