i i m in a kind of foolish game i try to get rich quick but i m going insane the kind of freaks that hang out on 42nd street they re all pimping judy s and popping speed well it s a game of cat and mouse and i think it s got my soul i think it s time for thinking bout a time to roll on down the road so here i go here come big mike i kinda owe him some beans well he must be crazy i guess that s why he s so mean if i tell him i m leaving he would sure enough split my gut cause he knows i sold to a sucker and i owe big mike a cut but i ll slip him a twenty dollar bill till i get out of town when i hit those white lines i m gonna be gone like a greyhound down the road down the road yeah it s a long long road