Paradise Alley

When the hawk's in the kitchen and the sirens in bloom

And the losers have been swept from the gin mills

Hello sucker, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

34th Street good tidings to you

And will you meet me in Paradise Alley tonight

We'll leave town in a bottle of whiskey

And come on, you old scarecrow, and be a wheel, not a lamppost

Just put a saddle on a wishbone, and you're halfway there

You know, the heroes will wait where their dreams used to be

Go on and ask the hooligans as they sweep down the midway

I'm going waltzing tonight with the Statue of Liberty

And come on, you old lazy-bones, let's get out of this place

Will you meet me in Paradise Alley tonight

We'll leave town in a bottle of whiskey

And come on, you old scarecrow, and be a wheel, not a lamppost

Just put a saddle on a wishbone, and you're halfway there

Now there's a counterfeit moon, and I'm seeing right through it

Cause the dawn spent it all in one place

And we'll rise to the top of the morning tonight

You can ride on my shoulders, and I'll show you the way

If you meet me in Paradise Alley tonight

We'll leave town in a bottle of whiskey

So come on, you old scarecrow, and be a wheel, not a lamppost

Just put a saddle on a wishbone, and you're halfway there