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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Rickie Lee Jones
Guitar
Nick DeCaro
Accordion
Arno Lucas
Background Vocals
Joe Turanio
Background Vocals
Leslie Smith
Background Vocals
Matthew Weiner
Background Vocals
Michael McDonald
Background Vocals
Red Callender
Bass Guitar
Willie Weeks
Bass Guitar
Jeff Porcaro
Drums
Mark Stevens
Drums
Steve Gadd
Drums
Victor Feldman
Percussion
Fred Tackett
Guitar
Howard Feiten
Guitar
Chuck Findley
Horn
Ernie Watts
Horn
Tom Scott
Horn
Mac Rebennack
Keyboards
Neil Larsen
Keyboards
Ralph Grierson
Keyboards
Randy Kerber
Keyboards
Michael Boddicker
Synthesizer
Randy Newman
Synthesizer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rickie Lee Jones
Songwriter
Alfred Johnson
Songwriter
Johnny Mandel
Orchestrator
Nick DeCaro
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lee Herschberg
Mastering Engineer
Lloyd Cliff
Engineer
Roger Nichols
Engineer
Tom Knox
Engineer
Lenny Waronker
Producer
Russ Titelman
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Sal was working at Nyro's Nook in downtown
Selling articles of congress to these people downtown
He was pretty sleazy when I met him
A weasel in a poor boy's wool
A weasel in a poor boy's wool
A weasel in a poor boy's wool
Just like a weasel, yeah
[Verse 2]
Sal lives in a black vinyl pen in New Jersey
Buys his meat from a whore next door
He wants it rare but he gets it well
A weasel on a short order floor
A weasel on a short order floor
A weasel on a short order—
Like a weasel, yeah, yeah
[Chorus]
So, Sal, say good-bye to your mom and your dad
Sal, say good-bye to the barrio
Sal, say good-bye to your buddies and your pals
Angela, Perry and Mario
[Instrumental]
A kid sinister with the bus stop blues
A quarter could take you home
A dime could make a dream come true
But a weasel ain't got a dime for the phone
Weasel ain't got a dime for the phone
Weasel ain't got a dime for the phone
Doesn't— weasel don't got a dime for the phone
[Chorus]
So, Sal, say good-bye to your mom and your dad
Sal, say good-bye to the barrio
Sal, say good-bye to your buddies and your pals
Angela, Perry and Mario
[Instrumental]
You did the dancing in the welfare lines, Sal
Actin' like some jerk-off fool
When we could lay out eatin' peaches on the beaches
A weasel in a white boy's cool
A weasel in a white boy's cool
A— A weasel in a white, white boy's, baby, like this
Like we're all in a white boy's cool, cool
Like a weasel
Written by: Alfred Johnson, Rickie Lee Jones