text: When the hawks in the kitchen and the sirens in bloom
  And the losers have been swept from the gin mills
  Hello sucker, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
  34th Street good tidings to you
  And will you meet me in Paradise Alley tonight
  Well leave town in a bottle of whiskey
  And come on, you old scarecrow, and be a wheel, not a lamppost
  Just put a saddle on a wishbone, and youre halfway there
  You know, the heroes will wait where their dreams used to be
  Go on and ask the hooligans as they sweep down the midway
  Im going waltzing tonight with the Statue of Liberty
  And come on, you old lazy-bones, lets get out of this place
  Will you meet me in Paradise Alley tonight
  Well leave town in a bottle of whiskey
  And come on, you old scarecrow, and be a wheel, not a lamppost
  Just put a saddle on a wishbone, and youre halfway there
  Now theres a counterfeit moon, and Im seeing right through it
  Cause the dawn spent it all in one place
  And well rise to the top of the morning tonight
  You can ride on my shoulders, and Ill show you the way
  If you meet me in Paradise Alley tonight
  Well leave town in a bottle of whiskey
  So come on, you old scarecrow, and be a wheel, not a lamppost
  Just put a saddle on a wishbone, and youre halfway there