Across the Freeway flow
Against the Western row
On plodding shoes I go
To steal you out of tow
On the phone I swear
And so I will do so

Up the access stair
To cash my paycheck there
And down again to fare
The dirty city glare
Through the motor squall
To the South I bear

Past the Chola wall
Swift and not to stall
Beyond the burning tires
Among the towering spires
I say that I will go
And so I will do so
Down the barren lanes
Heed the boarded panes

To the hard window
There to sign below
Alone there I will go
And put the money down
To take you back to town
On the phone I swear
Not to tell your dad