Have mercy on a poor boy's soul
and please don't be too unkind
i live my life on the edge of a knife
now i'm leavin' it all behind
Oh, we blew those nickels and dimes
oh, we blew those nickels and dimes
I got me a three-piece suit
set out on the make
now i serenade those rich old maids
like a sweet-talkin', two legged snake
( chorus )
I turned on my boyscout smile
i stood up and gave her my seat
winked my eye and unzipped my fly
and later we went up to her penthouse suite
( solo )
Every eye in the casino
is on the woman at the roulette wheel
she was thirty-eight, a little over weight
in her purse lay her charm and appeal
( chorus x 2 )
( outro )