A Tangled Tango in Tin Pan Alley

Lyrics

[Verse]
Shawn and Steven, two tough swells,
In a city where jazz and trouble dwells,
Tommy D had a secret to keep,
But secrets in alleys don't sleep.

[Verse 2]
Cigars lit, and tempers aroused,
A melody in shadows aroused,
Tommy whispered words so loud,
In the nighttime shroud, any slips aren't allowed.

[Chorus]
Oh, but jazz and fists, they mingle and chime,
Like notes caught in a chaotic rhyme,
A jazzy hit, harmony of crime,
Their music hit a dissonant climb.

[Verse 3]
Tommy D tried to run, but they swayed,
Like dancers in a fierce ballet,
Blood on cobblestones, a red display,
A tragic song where angels weigh.

[Bridge]
The night sang blue, the trumpets cried,
Tommy’s dreams and limbs now tied,
In a solo of sorrow, he confides,
Love and war in shadows collide.

[Verse 4]
Shawn and Steven felt no glee,
Just a brutal jazz in minor key,
Tommy's fate, a silent decree,
In alleyways where dark lives spree.