...SWEET GENE VINCENT... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*from 'New Boots and Panties!' (1977)*
Intro:
(Spoken):
Blue Gene baby...
, (x2)
Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender,
The beauties were brief.
Shall I mourn your decline, with some Thunderbird wine,
And a black hankercheif?
I miss your sad, Virginia whisper.
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I miss the voice, that called my heart.
Sweet Gene Vincent,
Young and old and gone,
Sweet Gene Vincent.
(n.)
Who, who, who slapped John?
Interlude:
(Faster Tempo):
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Break:
(n.)
White face, black shirt, white socks, black shoes.
Black hair, white Strat, bled white, died black.
Verse 1:
Sweet Gene Vincent,
Let the blue cats roll to-night;
At the sock hop ball, in the union hall,
Where the bop is their de-light.
Verse 2:
Here come duck-tailed Danny, dragging Uncanny Annie,
She's the one with the flying feet.
You can break the peace, daddy sickle grease,
The beat is reet com-plete.
Bridge 1:
And you jump back honey in the dungerees,
Tight sweater and a pony tail;
Will you guess her age, when she comes back stage?
The hoodlums bite their nails.
Solo:
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Break:
(n.)
Black gloves, white frost, black crepe, white lead.
White sheet, black knight, jet black, dead white.
Verse 3:
Sweet Gene Vincent,
There's one in every town,
And the Devil drives, 'till the hearse ar-rives,
And you lay that pistol down.
Verse 4:
Sweet Gene Vincent,
There's nowhere left to hide.
With lazy skin and ash-tray eyes;
A perfo-rated pride.
Solo:
(x2)
Verse 5:
So farewell ma-demoi-selle, Knicker-bocker Hotel,
Fare-well to money owed.
But when your leg still hurts, and you need more shirts,
You got to get back on the road.
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