Spanish Eddie

There was heat in the air And cops everywhere you looked There wasn't a lot So the breaks that you've got, you know you took And I remember wonderin' where you've been The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in They were playing Desolation Row on the radio The night Spanish Eddie fell from grace There was amazement on his face On the night that Eddie failed Sanity prevailed It was June or July When the heat from above beat down It was famine or drought When the brothers went out of style uptown And we was mixin' Vicks with lemon gin The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in They were playing Desolation Row on the radio The night Spanish Eddie made front-page His revolution came of age He wrote surrender on the wall The night he took the fall I heard someone say, "He's trying to fly" Like Eddie used to say, "We'll do when we die" I know someone turned you for a spin The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in They were playing Desolation Row on the radio The night Spanish Eddie fell from grace There was amazement on his face On the night that Eddie failed Sanity prevailed The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in They were playing Desolation Row on the radio The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in They were playing Desolation Row on that radio The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in They were playing Desolation Row on the radio The night Spanish Eddie cashed it in