Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, I can't make my livin' around this town 'Cause tricks1 ain't walkin', tricks ain't walkin' no more I said, tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more And I got to make my livin', don't care where I go I need shoes on my feet, clothes on my back, get tired of walkin' these streets, all dressed in black But tricks ain't walkin', tricks ain't walkin' no more I said, tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more And I get four or five good tricks standin' in front of my door Please have mercy, bad luck is on my head, four or five good tricks is all the money I need But tricks ain't walkin', tricks ain't walkin' no more I said, tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more And I can't get a break don't care where I go I got a store on the corner, sell this stuff cheap, I got a market across the street, where I sell my meat But tricks ain't walkin', tricks ain't walkin' no more I said, tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more And I can't get a break, don't care where I go This way of livin', sure is hard, duckin' and dodgin' the Cadillac-Ford But tricks ain't walkin', tricks ain't walkin' no more I said, tricks ain't walkin' no more, tricks ain't walkin' no more And if you think I'm lyin', follow me to my door