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Sucker Row Lyrics
Somebody's gotta crack
A whip around here
Who's minding the store?
Shake it up sell some beer
What's your
Money maker for?
Pay day
We're packin' 'em in
Six-gun annie
And buffalo jill
But who's to say
They'll be back again
For a refill?
Honey, you know the drill
Ain't no left turn
Down sleepy time street
You gotta be fast
But you gotta stay loose
Thinking
On your feet
Slick as grass
Through a goose
We gotta
Rationalise
The payroll
Is giving me chills
You and me's
Getting organised
It's kill or be killed
Honey, you know the drill
Well they can all look down
On sucker row
But they all forget
The tallest trees
From acorns grow
Though they ain't yet
I never look down
On a sucker stake
They all pay the bills
I never gave a sucker
An even break
And I never will
A beautiful vision
Keeps coming to me
I see
A miracle mile
Flying in
For free
Service
With a smile
High rollers
Fancy hotels
Big time singers
Topping the bill
You gotta have a feel
For the stuff that sells
Call it a skill
Honey, you know the drill
Somebody's gotta crack
A whip around here
Who's
Minding the store?
Shake it up
Sell some beer
Money walking
Through the door
Annie's arriving
At a dangerous age
Don't you
Go getting ill
Get another woman
Up in the cage
Who ain't over the hill
Honey, you know the drill
A whip around here
Who's minding the store?
Shake it up sell some beer
What's your
Money maker for?
Pay day
We're packin' 'em in
Six-gun annie
And buffalo jill
But who's to say
They'll be back again
For a refill?
Honey, you know the drill
Ain't no left turn
Down sleepy time street
You gotta be fast
But you gotta stay loose
Thinking
On your feet
Slick as grass
Through a goose
We gotta
Rationalise
The payroll
Is giving me chills
You and me's
Getting organised
It's kill or be killed
Honey, you know the drill
On sucker row
But they all forget
The tallest trees
From acorns grow
Though they ain't yet
I never look down
On a sucker stake
They all pay the bills
I never gave a sucker
An even break
And I never will
Keeps coming to me
I see
A miracle mile
Flying in
For free
Service
With a smile
High rollers
Fancy hotels
Big time singers
Topping the bill
You gotta have a feel
For the stuff that sells
Call it a skill
Honey, you know the drill
Somebody's gotta crack
A whip around here
Who's
Minding the store?
Shake it up
Sell some beer
Money walking
Through the door
Annie's arriving
At a dangerous age
Don't you
Go getting ill
Get another woman
Up in the cage
Who ain't over the hill
Honey, you know the drill
Song Info
Submitted by
redmax On Oct 04, 2004
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It seems like it is pretty obviously about the west. Either old boomtowns or early Vegas. Most of it seems like it would be a story about a Vegas pioneer who turned a crappy section of town into the strip.
Early Vegas there are lot of gambling and Western references through the whole album
Indeed, the songs seems to be about an entrepeneur in Vegas,at a time when the "fancy hotels" and "big time singers" hadn't come there yet, and Vegas was not yet the "miracle mile" that it has become.
In a sense, the song is similar to Boom Like That, which is also about an entrepeneur that was there when something started that ended up becoming huge. However, I wonder if Sucker Row is also based on a real person - I would be interested in the biography.
@pearjuice Yes, definitely vegas. Miracle Mile is the Sunset Strip.\r\n\r\nAnd the, um, `enterpreneur\' in question is most likely Bugsy Siegel and the place his casino Flamingo. Bugsy had a big role in the Strip becoming what it is.\r\n\r\nThough Mark might\'ve wanted the story to be more general than just about Bugsy. In any case, it\'s about a small-time gangster ("Cracking a whip"), aspiring to big things ("The tallest trees from acorns grow").
@pearjuice Yes, definitely vegas. Miracle Mile is the Sunset Strip.\r\n\r\nAnd the, um, `enterpreneur\' in question is most likely Bugsy Siegel and the place his casino Flamingo. Bugsy had a big role in the Strip becoming what it is.\r\n\r\nThough Mark might\'ve wanted the story to be more general than just about Bugsy. In any case, it\'s about a small-time gangster ("Cracking a whip"), aspiring to big things ("The tallest trees from acorns grow").