Avenue A Lyrics - Singles - The Dictators

Benny got a new tattoo 

Down at the St. Mark's Zoo 

He walked down to the park 

Drinkin 40's, till it's dark 

Talkin to a grey haired man 

In a tie-dyed shirt and ragged pants 

He said, 

That's where the hippies used to play 

Down on Avenue A 

Susie got a new pair of shoes 

Now she don't know what to do 

So she's sitting in the Park 

Smokin pot till it's dark 

Talking to a toothless man 

With spiky hair 

And leather pants 

He said, 

I knew Stiv in the day 

And that's where the junkies used to play 

Down on Avenue A 

When every memory is gone 

and everything you know is wrong 

Takin the edge off on a beautiful day 

with a Frappacino and a cre brulee 

yeah, it's all over when you see a Range Rover 

and to my bodega, I say hasta luega 

it's not what you do, it's what you say 

and it's not who you know, it's who you pay 

Down on Avenue A