There was a shot in the alley waynI heard it from down stairsnI think I saw a man runningnI think he went down therennI had a mite little BourbonnI lit a cigarettenI called you up on the telephonenIt seemed the safest betnnSomeone made a big mistakenAnd now the cops are comingnSirens scorched the city streetsnNow everybody's running from the lawnnI can't believe this has happenednThat man must be a wretchnI bet he burned up the evidencenI bet there's nothing leftnnThere was a fire out my windownThere was a car overturnednCalf's cried opportunitynA chance not to get burned