Downstairs at
Danny's all-star joint
They got a juke box
that goes doyt-doyt
The vice is nice
they stay's in the back all day
But when the night 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
He won't never take my coin
I say got thirty dollars
in my pocket whatcha doin'
I holler come on Cecil
take your dollar
Come on Cecil take a ten
Well I've finally geared up
into a whole buncha big ones
And you're actin' like
I'm down shiftin'
He knows all the underwriters
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
and 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
'Cause he was lookin' my way
Well Cecil winks upon him
Some juice and some green
And the kid walks over
and puts the quarter in the
pinball machine
Come on Cecil gimme a dollar
Come on Cecil gimme five
I'm in a half-way house
on a one way street
And I'm a quarter past alive
He can talk about your people
in a wonderful way
He can talk about your people
till your hair turns grey
Your sister's into mustard
She loves to walk the pup
The pickles and the relish
She never gets enough
A Hershey milk shake
steamin' on a stick
For a carte blanche sandwich
Oh let us 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 the magazine
Hey boy how about a fight
'Cause here comes
Rickie with her girdle on tight
And if she don't
know your name
She knows what you got
From your matzoh balls
to your chicken in the pot
Chicken in the pot
Chicken in the pot chicken
Downstairs at Danny's
all-star joint
They got a juke box
that goes doyt-doyt
It a finger snappin' deluxe
will make you be bop bap
Your R & B your hep scat
See 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 on the street
Your toes on the lawn
But keep your business
in your pocket
That's where it belongs
Come on Cecil
take a dollar
Come on Cecil take a tip
Hey do yourself a favor
if she offers it take it
but honey don't give it away
if she don't appreciate it