She was a woman of mystery
And what she wanted I could not see
A three-year trip on the dragon
Until the clinic had to get me clean
We were a party and always drunk
Before I knew it the wreckage sunk
Shake, trip, shimmy and we`d do the bump
Everybody swingin` to the Brown Derby Jump
The beautiful life is always damned
You gotta fall into the quicksand
A deadly kiss from a temptress can serve
To make a truly wayward man
She`s not a talker her teeth are fixed
But she`s a looker that lives for kicks
A nightmare straight from an Otto Dix
Everybody swingin` with the Brown Derby chicks
I`ve come a long way and now I`m me
The darkest river that meets the sea
And all those lights on the harbor seem
To be sparklin` in bittersweet
I`m a survivor my heart is tough
I`m hangin` in there and that`s enough
Shake, trip, shimmy and we`d do the bump
Everybody swingin` to the
Brown Derby Jump