$29.00 Lyrics - Blue Valentine - Tom Waits

Little black girl, red dress 

Hot night with a broken shoe 

Little black girl, you shoulda never left home 

There's probably someone still waitin' up for you 

It's cold back in Chicago 

Los Angeles, it's worse when all you got is 

$29.00 and an alligator purse 

I see that vulture in the Fleetwood 

Chartreuse hood trying to get your bearings 

Say "Hey baby, which way's the main stem?" 

Where ever you say you're from 

He'll say he grew up there himself 

He gonna come on and make you feel 

Like you grew up right next door to him 

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Take left on Central 

Gon' throws it in reverse 

All you got is $29.00 and an alligator purse 

Come on like a gentleman 

Oh babe, you gonna be a little shy 

Say your ex old man was a sax player 

He says, "Baby, I used to play bass for Sly" 

Say you like his Cadillac 

Says, "Honey, I got 2 or 3" 

Sweetheart, you're sure fortunate 

That you ran into me 

You've done a dime in the joint 

You figure nothin' could be worse 

$29.00 and an alligator purse 

Pharaoh on the 8 track 

You start smokin' little boo 

Thinkin' gettin' out of Chicago is just about 

The best thing that's ever happened to you 

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He's starting like a [Incomprehensible] 

This cat seems to be cool 

He says, "Baby, I know a good ol' deal 

Out in West Hollywood, he's just right for you" 

He ain't no good Samaritan 

He gon' make sure he's reimbursed 

Lot more than $29.00 and an alligator purse 

Now when the streets get hungry, baby 

You 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 down when it was left on the pole 

Remember suckers always make mistakes 

When they're far away from home 

Chicken in a pot 

Whoever gets there first 

Gonna get himself $29.00 

And an alligator purse 

Now the sirens just an epilogue 

The cops here always get there too late 

Always stop for coffee 

On the way to the scene of the crime 

They always try so hard 

Just like movie stars 

But they couldn't catch a cold 

Baby, don't waste your dime 

Lucky to be alive 

The doctor whispered to the nurse 

"She only lost a half pint of blood 

$29.00 and an alligator purse"