Steely Dan Database
I ask her how she's doin' but she doesn't know for sure She said she hadn't seen this kind of heavy flash before But the necklace she was wearing didn't come from any Woolworth store I said hey now what about that string of pearls You go downtown to the bottom of the underworld Every time he put his hand into his pocket I was sure that I would faint 'cause the man they called Jerome he not only was a sinner, but a saint There's people on the street and it's Jerome they're looking for And he's talking to the ? now Jerome knows the score He tips the girl a twenty and flashes twenty more And the sweet young thing that's hanging on his arm I never seen before I say hey man where'd you get the golden girl You go downtown to the bottom of the underworld