On every corner of every avenue The word's been passed all around You'd better watch out, lock up your daughters 'Cos that bad Frankie Lee is back in town All the ladies fall for Frankie Saying, "Frankie Lee, how can it be Of all the men here, you're the only one Who's got the key, to set us free Oh, Frankie Lee" Now there's a woman, in this neighbourhood Who's loving Frankie in her mind But in fear of being' discovered She keeps her secret locked up inside Just then a stone's thrown up at the window And she looks below, what does she see There's a man there, standing 'neath the streetlight It looks to be Like Frankie Lee You'd best believe Well, old Frankie Lee steals through the back door While her old man is leavin' by the hall But before she hears his footsteps Frankie's standing at the bedroom door So she holds him, then she begs him Oh Frankie Lee, don'tcha ever leave And he tells her, she's the only one He's got the key That Frankie Lee To set her free Then as the moon fades, into the night sky Frankie leaves while she's asleep Then he's up and out on the street again He's got the key that'll set you free That Frankie Lee Every kid in this ol' gang-town Yeah, they'd want to be like Frankie Lee Please the ladies, like a vagabond He's got the key That Frankie Lee To set them free Yeah, every kid in this ol' gang-town Yeah, they'd want to be like Frankie Lee Casanova and Valentino They'd like to be good as Frankie Lee Every kid in this ol' gang-town They'd like to be like Frankie Lee Please the ladies, live like a vagabond He's got the key To set you free That Frankie Lee