Downstairs at Danny's all-star joint

They got a jukebox that goes doyt-doyt

Vice is nice, it stays in the back all day

But when the nighttime comes, they go 'hey'

There's this cat down there that makes a bad kinda soup

I come struttin' around my luck in my shoop coupe

Cecil gives me coffee

He won't never take my coin

I say, "I got thirty dollar in my pocket!

Whatchoo doin'?"

I holler, "Come on, Cecil, take a dollar

Come on, Cecil, take a ten

And I've finally geared up into a whole buncha big ones

You're actin' like I'm down-shiftin'"

They know all the under-riders on the boulevard

They got to barefoot cruise when it's forty-weight hard

They look particularly dead-beat

Permanently pale

Cecil pick up his butcher knife

And he waves it at the jail

The cat say, "I ain't got no dough Joe, I just want some OJ"

I said, "Don't look at me" (Cause he was lookin' my way)

Cecil winks upon him some juice and some green

And the kid walks over and puts a quarter in the pinball machine

And he says, "Come on, Cec, gimme a dollar

Come on Cecil, gimme five

I'm in a halfway house on a one-way street

And I'm a quarter past left alive"

He'll talk about your people in a wonderful way

He talks about your people till your hair turns grey

Your sister's into mustard, loves to walk the pub

She likes the pickles and the relish, she never gets enough

A Hershey milkshake steamin' on a stick

With a Carte Blanche sandwich, oh, the lettuce is thick

It's not because she's dirty, it's not because she's clean

It's not because she kiss the boys behind the magazine

Hey boys, how 'bout a fight?

'Cause here comes Lynda with the girdle on tight

And if she don't know your name, she knows what you got

From your matzah balls to the chicken-in-the-pot

Chicken-in-the-pot

Chicken-in-the-pot

Chicken

Dow-ow-ownstairs at Danny's all star joint

They got a jukebox that goes doyt-doyt

And a finger-snappin' deluxe makes your bebop bap

And your R&B go hep-scat

You can't change the rules until you know how to play the game

If you just wanna have a little fun

Come on and mention my name

Keep your feet in the street

Your toes in the lawn

But keep your business in your pocket

That's where it belongs

Come on Cecil, take a dollar

Come on Cecil, take a tip

Hey, do yourself a favor, if she offers it, take it

Honey, don't give it away if he don't appreciate it

Downstairs at Danny's all-star joint

They got a jukebox that goes doyt-doyt

Dow-ow-ownstairs at Danny's all star joint

They got a jukebox that goes doyt-doyt