Tunie: Danny's All-Star Joint

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by Rickie Lee Jones.

Downstairs at Danny's all-star joint
They got a jukebox that goes doyt-doyt
The vice is nice, he stays in the back all day
But when the nighttime comes, hey hey
There's this cat down there that makes a bad kinda soup
I come around struttin' my luck in my shoop coupe
Cecil gives me coffee
And he won't never take my coin
I say, "I got thirty dollars in my pocket!
Whatchoo doin'?"

I holler, "Come on, Cecil, take a dollar!
Come on, Cecil, take a ten!
I've finally geared up into a whole buncha big ones
And you're actin' like I'm down-shiftin'."

He knows all the under-riders on the boulevard
They got to barefoot cruise when it's forty-weight hard
They look particularly deadbeat
Permanently pale
Cecil picks up his butcher knife
Waves it at the jail
The kid say, "I ain't got no dough, Joe!
I just want some OJ."
I said, "Don't look at me."
(Cuz he was lookin' my way)
Cecil winks upon him some juice and some greens
And the kid walks over and puts a quarter in the pinball machine
And he says, "Come on, Cec, gimme a dollar.
Come on Cecil gimme five.
I'm in a halfway house on a one-way street,
And I'm a quarter past left alive."

He can talk about your people in a wonderful way
He can talk about your people 'til your hair turns gray
Your sister's into mustard
She loves to walk the pub
She got the pickles and the relish and never gets enough
A Hershey milkshake steamin' on a stick
For a carte blanche sandwich
Oh, lettuce get thick
It's not because I'm dirty
It's not because I'm clean
It's not because I kiss the boys behind a magazine
I say, "Hey boys, how 'bout a fight?"
'Cuz here comes Rickie with a girdle on tight.

If she don't know your name,
She knows what you got
From your matzoh balls
To the chicken-in-the-pot...
chicken-in-the-pot...
chicken-in-the-pot...

Downstairs at Danny's All-Star Joint
They got a jukebox that goes doyt-doyt
A finger-snappin' deluxe'll make your be-bop bap
And your R&B go hep-scat

You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game,
But if you just want to have a little fun
You can mention my name
Keep your feet in the street
Your toes in the lawn
But keep your business in your pocket
This is it where it belongs.

Come on Cecil, take a dollar
Come on Cecil, take a tip
Do yourself a favor: if she offers it - take it
But honey, don't give it away if he don't appreciate it.