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Tip the maid a dollar in the hat |
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Tip the waitress feed her cocaine habit |
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Tip the man with the gun |
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Tip at least everyone |
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Tip your way into heaven's gate |
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Tip the grocery girl if you want |
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Tip the religious man on the (yard?) |
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Tip the women who wait, |
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on the white magistrate |
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Tip your way into heaven's gate |
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Tip the butler, the boy at the bar |
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Tip the one in the feathers (in cars??) |
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Tip the fool in the aisle |
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Tip the most ugly child |
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Tip your way into heaven's gate |
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Tip the corner bum everyday |
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Tip the New York whore in the sleigh |
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Tip the carosel girls, |
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and monkey in curls |
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Tip your way into heaven's gate |
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Tip the girls embroidered in red |
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Tip the cannons that blew off the head |
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Tip the firing ships, |
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and banners they rip |
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Tip your way into heaven's gate |
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Tip the bride, a knife in the back |
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An' tip your (longarmed?) lawyer in black |
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Tip the saint on the phone, |
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he's a long ways from home |
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Tip your way into heaven's gate |
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Tip the calvalry officer's son |
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Tip the streetcar children at (home?) |
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Tip the man with the sickle, |
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tip him a nickle |
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Tip your way into heaven's gate |
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Tip the drummer boy in the fog |
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Tip the children that pet the wolf dog |
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Tip me a ring, |
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if you like how I sing |
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Tip your way into heaven's gate |
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Tip the judge, tip the innocent man |
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Tip the 'lectric chair guard if you can |
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Tip the old prison priest, |
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he ain't slept in weeks |
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Tip your way into heaven's gate |
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Tip the stadium crowd in the sun |
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Tip away a life with a gun |
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Tip father time, |
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but keep him (a fine?) |
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Tip your way into heaven's gate |
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Tip all the boys in the band |
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Tip a piece of your life in her hand |
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When the barn starts to burn, |
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give your lover a turn |
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Dance your way into heaven's gate |
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Dance 'em all, dance a merry old (tune?) |
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Dance a butterfly's death in (the rain?) |
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Dance the cold night air, |
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to a Johnny Cash (?) |
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Dance your way into heaven's gate |
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Tip your own true love in the rain |
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Leave her there where the saxaphones play |
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Boy, you're young as can be, |
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you got country to see |
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You're a long ways from heaven's gate |