Showgirl - Charming Disaster

Mama ran the family grocery store

Ran a little card game through the pantry door

And every night as Papa snored

She would deal to the boys

He busted in the place around a quarter to two (The night came)

A freshly minted copper with something to prove

«This a bust, nobody move»

I held my mama as she cried

I just got carried away, I couldn’t help it

I try to get by all by myself

It didn’t have to be this way

Got carried away

Oooh

I worked my way up from the tenement beat

Finally made detective after years on the street

But, I could never forget the way she looked at me

A fire burning in her eyes

The next time that I saw her she was all grown up (The night came)

Sparkling in spangles at the Club Deluxe (He waltzed right in)

Where the owner was known as king of the mob

And my showgirl she was on his arm

I just got carried away, I couldn’t help it

I try to get by all by myself

It didn’t have to be this way

Got carried away

Oooh

I noticed when that copper started hanging around

Whatever he was looking for, it’s not what he found

He was there on a job for the boys downtown

But that’s not why he was working so hard

He never said a word, but I could see what I saw (The night came)

My heart was at war in a fight to the draw (How could I win)

How could I jump into the arms of the law

All I could do was keep up my guard

I just got carried away, I couldn’t help it

I try to get by all by myself

It didn’t have to be this way

Got carried away

Oooh

The night came (It was just a matter of time)

We moved in (One night he didn’t come home)

The big sting (Beauty isn’t a crime)

We hauled them in (Why should I go it alone)

The night came (It was just a matter of time)

He moved in (Before I won her affection)

A girl needs (So tell me is it a crime?)

Protection (I offered protection)

My gangster went up river, he was serving hard time

I didn’t forget about him, but he’d never be mine

And my cop was so far from a life of crime

But one day I knew he’d stolen my heart

She loved me like the dream we had so long delayed

Then she got a little cough that wouldn’t go away

She didn’t tell a soul 'til it was too late

When she closed her eyes, the angels sang

I just got carried away, I couldn’t help it

I try to get by all by myself

It didn’t have to be this way

Got carried away

Oooh

I just got carried away, I couldn’t help it

I try to get by all by myself

It didn’t have to be this way

Got carried away

Got carried away

Got carried away

Got carried away

Carried away

Carried away