romeo is bleeding but not so as you'd notice
he's over on 18hh street as usual
lookin' so hard against the hood of his car

and puttin' out a cigarette in his hand
and for all the pachucos at the pumps
at romeros paint and body

they all seein' how far they can spit
well it was just another night
but how they're huddled in the brake lights of a 58 belair

and listenin' to how romeo killed a sherrif his knife

and they all jump when they hear the sirens

but romeo just laughs and says
all the racket in the world ain't never gonna
save that coppers $$#

he'll never see another summertime for gunnin' down my brother
and leavin' him like a dog beneath a car without his knife


and romeo says hey man gimme a cigarette
and they all reach for their pack
and frankie lights it for him and pats him on the back

and throws bottle at a milk truck
and as it breaks he grabs his nuts
and they all know they could be just like romeo

if they only had the guts

but romeo is bleeding but nobody can tell

and he sings along with the radio
with a bullet in his chest
and he combs back his fenders

and they all agree its clear
that every thing is cool now that romeos here
but romeo is bleeding

and he winces now and then and he leans against
the car doors and feels the blood in his shoes
and someones crying in the phone booth

at the 5 points by thestore
romeo starts his engine
and wipes the blood off the door

and he brodys through the signal
with the radio full blast
leavin' the boys there hikin' up there chinos

and they all try to stand like romeo
beneath the moon cut like a sickle
and they're talkin' now in spanish about there hero


but romeo is bleeding as he gives the man his ticket
and he climbs to the balcony at the movies

and he'll die without a wimper
like every heros dream
just an angel with a bullet

and cagney on the screen