When down to Tin Pan Alley
To see what was going’ on
It got too hot down there
I had to move along
Oh that alley
It’s the roughest place I’ve been
People down there
Livin’ for whiskey wine and gin

 I heard a woman scream
I peeped through the door
Some cat was workin’ on her
With a 2x4
I said no no no
Alley’s the roughest place I’ve been
Lot of people in that alley
Livin’ for whiskey wine and gin

I heard a pistol shoot
It was a .44
Someone killed a craps shooter
Who didn’t shake, rattle and roll
Oh
Alley’s the roughest place I’ve been
People down there
Livin’ on their whiskey wine and gin