"Willy Pete came calling again, blowin' lots of smoke
Every time that he's let, out things get get burnt and broke
The dealer shows no mercy, he wears a greasy poker face
The stakes just got a lot higher as he palms another ace

Still gambling at the foot of the Cross, the Crescent and the Star
Pinned on the chest of frontier justice that thrust us behind these bars
The slick-tongued ambassador smiles like a stiletto
While we still fail to get the joke down here in the ghetto

There'll be no jambalaya in Jabaliya tonite".........