Tin Pan Alley

They tell me Tin Pan Alley
 The roughest place in town
 They start cuttin' and shootin'
 As soon as the sun goes down
 Oh, tell me
 What kind of place can the alley be?
 Oh, every woman I guess
 Lord, the alley takes away from me
 When I need my baby
 She can't be found
 She got up early in the mornin'
 She was ten pound alley bound
 Oh, tell me
 What kind of place can the Alley be?
 Every woman I guess
 Lord, the alley takes away from me
 I heard a pistol shoot
 Somebody groan
 Some woman shot my baby
 Left on that jokers arms
 Oh, tell me
 What kind of place can the alley be?
 Every woman I guess
 Lord, the alley takes away from me
 I'll really miss my baby
 Because I need my baby
 I'll really miss my baby
 Because I need my baby