went down to tin pan alley see what was going on things was too hot down there couldn t stay very long hey hey hey hey alley s the roughest place i ve ever been all the people down there livin for their whiskey wine and gin i heard a woman scream yeah and i peeped through the door some cat was workin on annie with a lord with a two by four hey hey hey hey alley s the roughest place i ve ever been all the people down there livin for their whiskey wine and gin i heard a pistol shoot yeah and it was a 44 somebody killed a crap shooter cause he didn t shake rattle and roll hey hey hey hey alley s the roughest place i ve ever been all the people down there killin for their whiskey wine and gin i saw a cop standing with his hand on his gun he said this is a raid boy nobody run hey hey hey hey alley s the roughest place i ve ever been yeah they took me away from that alley and took me right on to the pen