"Touro Infirmary" lyrics

I went down to the Touro Infirmary
Lord knows, and I found my running partner there
He was stretched out on a coal-black table, yes he was
Lord, the narcotic agent left him there

He was gone, he was gone, God don't you miss him?
A better man than him can never be found
All the characters on the street all around here
They all know he's laid his burden down

He said, "When I go, when I go
Lay a ten-dollar gold piece on my eyelids
Lord knows I want loaded craps in shoes
I want the finest whores off of Bourbon Street
And I want to hear Professor Longhair sing a low-down blues."

I went down to the Touro Infirmary
And I seen my sweet running partner there
He was stretched out, with a DOA sticker
With a .32 hole in his hair.

You know they say Chief Giarrusso had warned him:
"Son you can't win this game."
But that never stopped him as long as he was living
Yeah Lord, you can't hold the boy to blame

Yeah went down to the Touro Infirmary
Lord knows that I seen my running partner there
He was stretched out on a coal black table, yes he was
It made me cry to see him there

Let him go, let him go, let him go, let him go straight to heaven
I know none of you dirty rats expect him there
He was a better man than all the ones that expect to arrive
From that Touro Infirmary, he don't care

I wanna tell ya
Touro Infirmary
Yeah