She once stole a paperback   She found a gay lord's drugs   She was too ashamed to buy it   what would the clerk think of her   so she put it in her overcoat   and had a bite to eat   with the whole book in her pocket she couldn't wait to read   she's goin' down she's goin' down town to Perry Street   she's goin' down she's goin' way down to Perry Street      Small room in a tiny town    she made sure they were asleep   she read about the wicked girls who live on Perry Street   which was down in Greenwich Village   it was 1963   it was more than she imagined it could ever be   she's goin' down she's goin' down town to Perry Street   she's goin' down she's goin' way down to Perry Street      Page 45 she has her first kiss   Page 68 she's almost there   she's almost there      She pulled into the station   With her suitcase in both hands   Her heart pounding louder than the pomington grass band   And the stars are from the ceiling   Shine down as in a dream   She hails her first cab ever she goes down to Perry Street   she's goin' down she's goin' down town to Perry Street   she's goin' down she's goin' way down, yeah   she's goin' down she's goin' way down to Perry Street