let's go down to the sunset grill
and watch the working girls go by
watch the "basket people" walk around and mumble
and stare out at the auburn sky
there's an old man there from the old world
to him, it's all the same
calls all his customers by name

down at the sunset grill
down at the sunset grill
down at the sunset grill
down at the sunset grill

you see a lot more meanness in the city
it's the kind that eats you up inside
hard to come away with anything that feels like dignity
hard to get home with any pride
these days a man makes you somethin'
and you never see his face
there is no hiding place

down at the sunset grill
down at the sunset grill
down at the sunset grill
down at the sunset grill

respectable little murders pay
they get more respectable every day
don't worry girl, i'm gonna stick by you
and someday soon we're gonna
get in that car and get outta here

let's go down to the sunset grill
watch the working girls go by
watch the "basket p