St. Elmo's Rooms and Pool - Doug MacLeod

A light rain stopped fallin', on a sleepy southern town

A broken night commenced to flashing, above the place where it all went down

Dope, women, and gamblin', a fine selection of real cheap booze

They open for business at St. Elmo’s Rooms and Pool

Old black man with a golden tooth, stood watching by the door

He like some sleepy-eyed gator, sunnin' his nose on the shore

Young man with a brand new stick, talking loud he nobody’s fool

Gonna' loose his money at St. Elmo’s Rooms and Pool

Women of the street, tight dresses above their knees

Then got $ 50 fur pieces, acting classy as you please

Some one gonna' win real big, get drunk, and act like a fool

That’s why they working St. Elmo’s Rooms and Pool

That’s just how it was at St. Elmo’s Rooms and Pool

Running on the street, sure’s a hard way to go

There’s always somebody wiser than what you think you know

Do unto others, before they do it unto you

That’s the golden plated rule at St. Elmo’s Rooms and Pool

That’s just how it was at St. Elmo’s Rooms and Pool