Got a Christmas card from Tokyo
Never thought I’d see you again
Put some alligator straps on my loafers so
I can make it to the porch before ten
Never caught a straight with a thirty-card deck
Never rolled a flat thirteen
Put a hundred dollar bill on old Smokey Joe
to knock it out the park once again
Call me tomorrow
‘tween eleven and noon
I’ll be down to holler
At the daylight moon
I could use a little coin
To lay a bet down on the sly
Just meet me at the corner
Where all the cabbies go to die
Pinched a black and yellow chip from Reno
Slipped it in the pocket of this shirt
Let’s hit all the spots that got dancing
Cause I ain’t never going back there to work
All grayed out on this rain-filled day
Tired of chasing after the flood
Waiting for somebody to finally go away
Sit and watch the sun dry the mud
Call me tomorrow
‘tween eleven and noon
I’ll be down to holler
At the daylight moon
I could use a little coin
To lay a bet down on the sly
Just meet me at the corner
Where all the cabbies go to die
Never mix good whiskey with cheap champagne
Never call your mama collect
Can’t keep a secret from no one but me
Damn you are a hard one to forget
Got a Christmas card from Tokyo
Your family is lookin’ just fine
Stashed a million dollars in a broken glass jar
Hid it in the old five and dime
Stashed a million dollars in a broken glass jar
Hid it in the old five and dime