He was the river boat gambler He was the son of the chief of police He drove around in a Rambler He had a message from the chief He drove around in a Rambler He had a message from the chief He was the river boat gambler He was the son of the chief of police He was the river boat gambler He was the son of the chief of police And old Joe Did and said as he would Took all the shopping carts from the mall And took them to Utah Which was Zion He built an empire out of the desert Out of the dust and the sand, just like Las Vegas But he never took the rap that the Mafia did And he thought the Indians were some lost thirteen dudes But he didn't treat them any better And they were never on his side They drove their pick-up trucks out into the desert Into a ditch along the side of the road And acted like they were drunk All the time And old Joe had thirteen beady-eyed babies One of whom I used to go to school with He'd drive his car at a hundred ten down the alley way Throwing cinder blocks at trash cans And I declare on this occasion I've never seen this heaven or this place any differently But now and then I dream of the flying saucers and they're coming to take us away