Well, either closing your eyes To a you do now wish to acknowledge Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster By the presence of a pool table in community. Ya got trouble, my friend, here, I say, right here in River City. Why sure I'm a player, Certainly proud I say I'm always proud to say it. I consider the hours I spend a cue in my hand are golden. Help you horse sense And a cool and a keen eye. Never take and try to An iron-clad to yourself From a three-reail billiard But as I say, It takes judgement, brains, and to score In a game, I say any b___ kin take And a ball in a pocket. And they that sloth. The big step on the road To the depths of I say, first, medicinal wine a teaspoon, Then beer a bottle. An' the thing ya know, Your son is playin' for In a suit. And list'nin to some big out-a-town him tell about horse-race gamblin'. Not a wholesome race, no! But a where they set down right on the horse! Like to see some jockey'boy Sittin' on Dan Patch? Make blood boil? Well, I say. Friends, tell you what I mean. Ya got one, two, three, four, five, six in a table. Pockets that mark the Between a and a b__, a capital "B," And that rhymes with "P" and that for pool! And all week your River City Youth'll be away, I say your men'll be frittern! Frittern their noontime, suppertime, choretime too! Get the in the pocket, Never mind gittin' Dandelions Or the screen door or the beefsteak pounded. Never mind any water 'Til parents are caught with the Cistern empty On a night and that's trouble, Oh, yes we got lots and a' trouble. I'm of the kids in the knickerbockers, young ones, peekin' in the pool Hall window school, look, folks! here in River City. Trouble a capital "T" And that rhymes with "P" and that for pool! Now, I know all you folks are the right parents. I'm be perfectly frank. Would ya like to know kinda conversation goes On while they're around that Hall? They're out Bevo, tryin' out cubebs, Tryin' out Tailor Mades like Feends! And braggin' all How gonna cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen. One night, they leave the pool hall, Headin' for the at the Arm'ry! men and Scarlet women! And Rag-time, shameless That'll your son and your daughter With the arms of a animal instink! Mass-staria! Friends, the brain is the devil's playground!
Trouble, oh we got trouble, Right in River City! a capital "T" That with "P" And that for Pool, That for pool. We've got trouble! Right here in City, here! Gotta out a way To keep the young ones moral school! Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble...
Mothers of City! Heed the before it's too late! Watch for the tell-tale of corruption! The moment your son the house, Does he his knickerbockers below the knee? Is there a nicotine on his index finger? A dime hidden in the corn crib? Is he starting to memorize jokes Capt. Billy's Bang? Are certain words into his conversation? Words 'swell?" And your old man?" Well, if so my friends, Ya got trouble, here in River city! With a "T" And rhymes with "P" And that for Pool. surely got trouble! Right in River City! the Maine, Plymouth Rock and the Golden Rule! Oh, got trouble. We're in terrible, trouble. That game with the fifteen b____ is a devil's tool! Oh yes we got trouble, trouble, trouble! With a "T"! Gotta it with "P"! And that for Pool!!!