Reeperbahn Lyrics - Alice (the Original Demos) - Tom Waits

(Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan) 

Around the curve of The Parrot Bar 

A broken-down old movie star 

Hustling and Easterner 

Bringing out the beast in her 

A high dive on a swimming pool 

Filled with needles and with fools 

The memories are short but the tales are long 

When you're in the Reeperbahn 

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Oh, they called her Rosie when she was a girl 

For her bright red cheeks and her strawberry curls 

When she would laugh the river would run 

She said she'd be a comedian 

Oh what a pity, oh what a shame 

When she said, 'come calling', nobody came 

Now her bright red cheeks are painted on 

And she's laughing her head off in the Reeperbahn 

Now little Hans was always strange 

Wearing womens underthings 

His father beat him but he wouldn't change 

He ran off with a man one day 

Now his lingerie is all the rage 

In the black on every page 

His father proudly calls his name 

Down there in the Reeperbahn 

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Now if you've lost your inheritance 

And all you've left is common sense 

And you're not too picky about the crowd you keep 

Or the mattress where you sleep 

Behind every window, behind every door 

The apple has gone but there's always the core 

And the seeds will sprout up right through the floor 

Down there in the Reeperbahn 

Down there in the Reeperbahn 

Down there in the Reeperbahn