Two streets up and two more back Right next door to the railroad track Take of wine in a paper sack If you want to stay alive A girl named Rita and a drunk old man Living like cats in a garbage can Take my word, old Rita can make you feel alive
So put out the lights and pour the wine We ain't good looking but we're looking fine Dancing and spinning in the light Slam the shutters and shut the shades We'll never get to heaven but we got it made Things ain't great but things'll be all right Lord I wish I had a bottle of the way I feel tonight
She don't ask too much of me Like the girls in Tennessee She don't need no guarantee to make a cowboy smile She don't wonder where I've been She just digs the mood I'm in She just wan't to live in sin And shake it up awhile