Hey Lenny, don't those city lights look real pretty, As the moon cascades a smile over Main and Hastings, You came in from the hammer, On a Greyhound coach out west To find those narceritos waiting for you with a kiss I'll say my goodbyes, and leave you with a smile We don't have many friends 'round here But the gesture's worth the while 'Cause the boys downtown and the government Aren't waiting for our votes, But the narceritos are making sure They get that tax we owe (Break)
Did you hear they don't want your safe house here anymore, And they cut the arts with a steely knife, And sent kids off the war, 'Cause there's no room for an addict, Or an artist in the house, This law and order all the while in a narceritos smile So Lenny, this city sleeps, and now I'll say goodbye 'Cause we ain't got no business in these chambers of our time, So if you'd rather pay your money, On an 8-ball piece of mind Well it's all going to the government, And organized crime