Caught a cab for Wall Street to slay the Golden Calf
But the driver took him round the block
For an hour and a half
One more try, one more try
Gonna give this big, bad city one more try

Took a train to midtown to set those people free
He got off at 42nd Street
Said, "Let those people be!"
One more try, one more try
Gonna give this big, bad city one more try

Lo and behold
The story it was told
He stammered as he strolled down Seventh Avenue
And he ranted and he raved
But a damn nobody gave
Bout the crazy old man
With the tablets in his hands

Moses got depressed and bought some strawberry wine
Started hanging down the Bowery
With a couple friends of mine
He was sunken and downhearted
He'd been blind for a week
When one day that wine bottle it started to speak
It had a voice like thunder
It was powerful and great, it said,
"Moses, get your ass back home before it's too late!"

Moses caught the next plane like a bat outta hell
Now he's livin' back in Cairo
At the Pyramid Hotel
Singin', "One more try, one more try
One more try, one more try
One day I'm gonna give that big, bad city one more try!"