aw yeah they tell me tin pan alley the roughest place in town they start cuttin and shootin as soon as the sun goes down i said tell me baby what kinda place can the alley be cause every woman i get said the alley the alley take her away from me i heard a pistol shoot someone groan groan groan some woman shot my baby right out another joker s arm i said tell me what kind of place can the alley be every woman i get said the alley take her away from me heard a pistol shoot someone s gone some woman shot my baby out another joker s arm i said tell me what kinda place what kinda place can the alley be every woman i get said the alley the alley the alley take her away from me  i got something else i wanna say shh