From memory:
It was a glorious time,and wiseguys were all over the place.
It was before Appalachian,and before Crazy Joe decided to take on a boss and start a war.
It was when I met the world.....
It was when I first met Jimmy Conway.
He couldn't have been more than 28 or 29 at the time, but he was already a legend.
He'd walk in the door and everybody who worked the room just went wild.
He'd give the doorman a hundred just for opening the door.
He'd shove hundreds in the pockets of the dealers and all the guys that ran the games.
The bartender got a hundred just for keeping the ice cubes cold.
(Jimmy: The Irishman is here to take all you guineas' money)
See,Jimmy was one of the most feared guys in the city. He was first locked up at eleven and he was doing hits for mob bosses when he was sixteen. See,hits never bothered Jimmy. It was business. But what Jimmy really loved to do,what he really loved to do was steal.I mean, he actually enjoyed it. Jimmy was the kind of guy who rooted for the bad guys in the movies.
(Jimmy: You might know who we are,but we know who you are,you understand?)
He was one of the city's biggest hijackers of booze. Cigarettes.Razor blades. Shrimp and Lobsters. Shrimp and Lobsters were best. They went really fast.And almost all of them were gimmes.I mean,they just gave it up,no problem. They called him Jimmy the Gent.
(Jimmy:Tommy,help the lady)
The drivers loved him. They used to tip him off about the really good loads.And of course, everybody got a piece....