i ve searched each hole and corner from the battery to the bronx from the most exclusive to the honky tonks i ve sought her at the movie houses cabarets and parks advertisin the age and the news and since my sweetie left me harlem ain t the same ol place though a thousand flappers smile right in my face i think i ll mooch some homemade hooch and go out for a lark just to drive off those mean harlem blues just to drive off those mean harlem blues just to drive off those mean harlem blues