Testo: Rickie Lee Jones. Twelve Bars Past Midnight. Weasel and the White Boys Cool.
Sal was working at Nyro's nook in downtown
Selling articles of congress to these people downtown
He was pretty sleezy when I met him
A weasel in a poor boy's wool
Sal lives in a Black Vinyl Pen in New Jersey
Buys his meat from a whore next door
Wants it rare but he gets it well
A weasel on a short order floor
So, Sal, say good bye to your mom and your dad
Sal, say good bye to the barrio
Sal, say good bye to your buddies and your pals
Angela, Perry and Mario
Kid Sinister with the bus stop blues
A quarter could take you home
A dime could make a dream come true
But a weasel ain't got a dime for the phone
(Does a weasel got a dime for the phone?)
So, Sal, say good bye to your mom and your dad
Sal, say good bye to the barrio
Sal, say good bye to your buddies and your pals
Angela, Perry and Mario
You dancin' in the welfare lines, Sal
Actin' like some jerk off fool
When we could lay out eatin' peaches on the beaches
A weasel in a white boy's cool
But we're all in a white boy's school
(Just like a weasel)
Selling articles of congress to these people downtown
He was pretty sleezy when I met him
A weasel in a poor boy's wool
Sal lives in a Black Vinyl Pen in New Jersey
Buys his meat from a whore next door
Wants it rare but he gets it well
A weasel on a short order floor
So, Sal, say good bye to your mom and your dad
Sal, say good bye to the barrio
Sal, say good bye to your buddies and your pals
Angela, Perry and Mario
Kid Sinister with the bus stop blues
A quarter could take you home
A dime could make a dream come true
But a weasel ain't got a dime for the phone
(Does a weasel got a dime for the phone?)
So, Sal, say good bye to your mom and your dad
Sal, say good bye to the barrio
Sal, say good bye to your buddies and your pals
Angela, Perry and Mario
You dancin' in the welfare lines, Sal
Actin' like some jerk off fool
When we could lay out eatin' peaches on the beaches
A weasel in a white boy's cool
But we're all in a white boy's school
(Just like a weasel)
Twelve Bars Past Midnight
Rickie Lee Jones