Let's go down to the Sunset Grill
we can 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 meaness 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 something
and you never see his face
but there's 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 outa here

Let's go down to the Sunset Grill
we can watch the working girls go by
watch the "basket people" walk around and mumble
and gaze out at the auburn sky
maybe we'll leave come springtime
meanwhile have another beer
what would we do
without all these jerks anyway?
besides, all our friends are here

Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill
Down at the Sunset Grill