I knew a girl named Rosalie
We used to hang out in the park
We used to score the system grease
From the fellas after dark

We used to sail the streets at night
Used to hang out late
She had a bad time in the barrack
Caught a bullet in the teeth

Rosalie come go
Rosalie come stay
Rosalie come go
I never liked you anyway

I knew a girl named Mary Ann
She had a camera and a cane
She used to walk me to the station
When I was dyin' in the rain

She was a friend of Rosalie's
They had a nurse they liked to share
Well Mary Ann was doin' the doctor
You know his covers went bare

Rosalie come go
Rosalie come stay
Rosalie come go
I never liked you anyway

Rosalie come go
Rosalie come stay
Rosalie come go
I never liked you anyway

I knew a boy named Billy Haynes
He had it all figured out
He had a trail of dust and branches marked
To get him back down south

But the blue lights had his number
And he was sweatin' hard from the heat
He's got a pack of bullets in his satchel
Down on forty second street

Rosalie come go
Rosalie come stay
Rosalie come go
I never liked you anyway

Rosalie come go
Rosalie come stay
Rosalie come go
I never liked you anyway alright