You go to dark wages
Dark wages
You go to dark wages
You go to Shark wages
Shark wages
You earn those Shark wages

While the poor people borrow
To escape from their plight
Then the poor people cower
When the Sharks come out at night

When the poor people seeking
An escape from their plight
Then the poor people freaking
When the Sharks show up at night

After closing time .. at the Jersey bar
I detect a Cap' Regimo
In a seat in the back of my car
Well I've hid around The Shore
And I've fled from NYC, too
And in all my travels
As my life unravels
I found this to be true

As the poor people risked it
To escape from their plight
Then the poor people panic
When the Sharks show up at night

Then the poor people double
To escape from their plight
Now these poor folks in trouble
As the Sharks show up at night

They got a basement in the country
Where they can't be viewed
They make an offer to heed
That you can't refuse
They got them steely damned knuckles
And for the Luka d' Bras
They're quite crazy
Oh Buddy, why'd you risk it?

They go to dark wages
Dark wages
They go to dark wages
They earn those dark wages
Shark wages
They earn those dark wages

They own those dark wages
Dark wages
They own those dark wages
They own those Shark wages
Shark wages
They own those Shark wages

Cosa Nostra kids
Breaking femurs for their boss
You know they don't give a f#(k
About any pain they cause
You know they own those dark wages

While the poor people borrow
To escape from their plight
Then the poor people tremble
When the Sharks come out at night

While the poor people seeking
An escape from their life
Then the poor people weeping
When the Sharks show up at night

They own them dark wages ...