St. Elmo's Rooms and Pool

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