Tin Pan Alley is a dirty place The very place my baby love to stay, Lord Tin Pan Alley Blues is killin' me And it's the woman down there, that I really want to see She's little and cute, she's young and wild I just wanta hold her in my arms a little while, so that these Tin Pan Alley Blues can let me be 'Cause life would be so sweet, baby, if you only would agree You see I love you for yourself You just the kind of woman that don't seem to care, Lord, and Tin Pan Alley, baby, must be your home When it ain't nothin' down there, honey, but blood and bones Spoken: Yes, play it 'til 1972! Tin Pan Alley, it's way across town Where the people kick the dog when the sun go down, mmm Hurry up, baby, and please make up your mind (spoken: Yes, yes) 'Cause a woman like you, baby, is so durn hard to find