[Verse 1] Backroom bar Smell of gin and rain Cards on green felt Coins and quiet pain His hands run the city His name carries fear But he pulls out a chair For the one he holds most dear [Chorus] Molly of The Don In that red silk dress Dancing with danger Every night in his sweet caress He buys her roses With a killer’s hand Molly of The Don Pretends she don’t understand [Verse 2] Gold rings on her fingers From shady deals in the park The rarest pearls on her necklace She is shining in the dark But there is blood on his shoes From a man who will never speak She turns a blind eye When he kisses her cheek [Chorus] Molly of The Don In that red silk dress She’s loving a man That others fear and acquiesce He calls her ‘Angel’ Whilst he plots and plans Molly of The Don Looks away when she can [Verse 3] She reads the daily headlines Recognises all the names Folds up the paper slowly Pretends he’s not the one to blame She washes his collar Stained crimson on white Whispers softly to the mirror “Everything’s gonna be alright” [Instrumental chorus] [Bridge] One cold October She hears gunshots in the night The police sirens are wailing Crowds gather beneath the streetlights She prays for him by the window Until a knock upon the door She knows from their faces He ain’t coming back at all [short instrumental interlude] [Final Chorus] Molly of The Don In that red silk dress Returns to the back room To find nothing but emptiness Where she once had protection But now the last of the mob has died Molly of The Don Has no-one by her side Molly of The Don Has nowhere left to hide
