Boz Scaggs - Last Tango on 16th Street lyrics

Selling late night transfers
Try to make a play
The people with the answers don't
Often pass this way
Starting from Dolores all the way to Treat
It's the last tango on 16th Street

The later that it gets
The meaner that it looks
There's a lot to learn out
Here not found in books
We gotta solve the winter rain
Watch out for the heat
When it's the last tango on 16th Street

Same old people begging quarters
Stretching out their hands
Vendors selling flores from a plastic can
Some are poor but honest
Others lie and cheat
Well, it's the last tango on 16th Street

All the homeless helpless need
A place to stay asking you for spare change
Don't know what to say
Gypsy plays a melody, a broken tooth
Just smile so sweet
At the last tango on 16th Street

Same old song
I know you heard it many times before
Why this life in poverty seems
So much like a war
Just make sure you're careful where
You place your feet
When it's the last tango on 16th Street

Some of them don't see so good
When they leave the bars
Talking loud and ugly, step in front of cars
If you're holding valuables it
Pays to be discrete
'Cause it's the last tango on 16th Street

Dodge between the hookers
Aim between their thighs
Full moon shines above the bay
You can see it in their eyes
Past the Capp Street dogleg
Your heart might skip a beat
When it's the last tango on 16th Street

It's the last tango on 16th Street
It's the last tango on 16th Street
It's the last tango on 16th Street