As I wandered out
On the streets of Miami
I said to meinself
This is
some fancy town
I called up mein partner
And said, "Hello, Sammy
Go pack up your
satchel
And mosey on down"
I got me a bunk
In the old Roney Plaza
With breakfast and
dinner
Included of course
I caught 40 winks
On mein private piazza
Then I rented a pinto
From
Hertz Rent-a-Horse
He rented a pinto from Hertz Rent-a-Horse
My partner flew down
On a non-scheduled airline
You never did
see
Such a pale-looking man
I recognized him
From his receding hairline
He recognized me
From
mein beautiful tan
Twas then that I heard
Fighting words from mein partner
He said,
"Marvin, the Roney is no place to stay
I'm going to the Fontainebleau
Partner, it's mod'ner
And I'll charge to
the firm 60 dollars a day"
He'll charge to the firm 60 dollars a day
I said to him, "Paleface,
You hanker for trouble
With the company
checkbook
You quick on the draw"
He smiled and said, "Stranger,
For me that goes double
'Cause west of
the Fontainebleau
I am the law"
Next morning
The whole Lincoln road was deserted
And somewhere a hi-fi
was playing a tune
'Cause everyone knew
Someone's gonna be murdered
In a duel in the
sun
On the stroke of high noon
A duel in the sun at the stroke of high noon
I took careful aim
With mein trusty revolver
The clock in the
Fontainebleau
Struck 12 o'clock
I shot and Sam crumbled
Just like a piece halvah
And that's what they
called
A bad day at Black Rock
They came with a posse
And took mein sixgun away
The crowd was too
angry
To leave me in jail
The sherrif said, "Outlaw
I'm gon' let you run away
But don't ever be
seen
South of Ft. Lauderdale"
So now I can never go back to Miami
And New York is so cold
That a
person could die
I'd be better off dead
Like mein late partner
Sammy
'Cause he's in that big Fontainebleau in the sky
'Cause he's in that big Fontainebleau in the sky!
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