Madison smiled   and she hung with a band of    strays   the band was gone   bringin’ it on   to the Broadway blaze   once I lived under the city in my   sweet July      July mercy on Broadway   don’t you believe it   you better know what I say   she’ll make you pay   down the alleyway   slippin’ up a sidestreet   shine   everybody   shine       on Broadway   jive and pray   There ain’t no mercy now   on Broadway   People and the landlords shine   down and gay wine   in the doom swept the band away   Baby, on Broadway   is she mild   like mother and child?   does she obey?   once I lived under the city in   my sweet July      July mercy on Broadway   don’t you believe it   you better know what I say   she’ll make you pay   Black city fair   ole road runner there   shine   everybody   shine