$29.00

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
 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
 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
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 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"