Benny got a new tattoo

Down at the St. Mark's Zoo



He walked down to the park

Drinkin 40's, till it's dark

Talkin to a grey haired man

In a tie-dyed shirt and ragged pants

He said,

That's where the hippies used to play

Down on Avenue A



Susie got a new pair of shoes

Now she don't know what to do



So she's sitting in the Park

Smokin pot till it's dark

Talking to a toothless man

With spiky hair

And leather pants

He said,

I knew Stiv in the day

And that's where the junkies used to play

Down on Avenue A



When every memory is gone

and everything you know is wrong



Takin the edge off on a beautiful day

with a Frappacino and a cr?e brulee

yeah, it's all over when you see a Range Rover

and to my bodega, I say hasta luega



it's not what you do, it's what you say

and it's not who you know, it's who you pay



Down on Avenue A