Poor old Johnnie Ray
Sounded sad upon the radio
Moved a million hearts in mono
Our mothers cried
Sang along, who’d blame them?
Long ago, and oh, so far away
I fell in love with you before the second show
Your guitar, it sounds so sweet and clear
But you’re not really here, it’s just the radio
Still at school, hand of fate
On a radio show one night so late
Teacher’s words didn’t inspire
But he heard some truth in the wood and the wire
In a high street window it winked and beckoned
Turned his head in a single second
First month’s wage, heart’s desire
Under the spell of the wood and the wire
My sweet girl was once his wife
He had papers the judge had signed
The wind blew hard, it was stormy night
He shot me once, but I shot him twice
The hand of fate is on me now
It picked me up and it kicked me right down
Kicked me right down
Kicked me right down
I shift my course along the breeze;
Won’t sail upwind on memories.
The empty sky is my best friend,
And I just cast my fate to the wind.
Yes, I will sail my vessel
'Til the river runs dry.
Like a bird upon the wind,
These waters are my sky.
-“BB”-
Their faces gaunt
Their eyes were blurred
Their shirts all soaked with sweat
He’s riding hard to catch that herd
But he ain’t caught 'em yet
'Cause they’ve got to ride forever
On that range up in the sky
On horses snorting fire
As they ride on, hear their cry
Buck-buck-buck-buck,
Buck-buck-buck-buh-uck,
Ghost chickens in the sky
The chicken wakes up like she does every morning
To the sounds of her husband’s screams
Sat in the dark on the eggs she is warming
She closes her eyes and dreams of
Walking to Memphis, becoming a dentist
Anything but this
I mean, she likes her life as a mother and wife
But is that all she is?
She stares out the window
When you find yourself in danger
When you’re threatened by a stranger
When it looks like you will take a lickin’ (puk-puk-puk-puk)
There is someone waiting
Who will hurry up and rescue you
Just call out for Super Chicken! (puk-puk-puk-puk)
Call out for Super Chicken! (puk-ack!)
Rescue me
Take me in your arms
Rescue me
I want your tender charms
Cause I’m lonely and I’m blue
I need you
And your love too
Come on and rescue me
One day I met a girl named Sue.
She was feeling kind of blue.
I’m Dandy, the kind of guy
Who can’t stand to see a little girl cry.
Jim Dandy to the rescue!
Go, Jim Dandy! Go, Jim Dandy!
Where you gonna go now?
Who you gonna run to?
All your little life
You’re chasing all the girls.
They can’t resist your smile.
Oh, they long for Dandy, Dandy.
I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee Doodle Do or Die!
A real life nephew of my Uncle Sam
Born on the Fourth of July
Wish I were back on the bayou
Rollin’ with some Cajun Queen
Wish that I were a fast freight train
A-just a-choogling on down to New Orleans
Born on the bayou
Born on the bayou
Born on the bayou
Down around the corner
Half a mile from here
You see them long trains runnin’
And you watch 'em disappear
Without love
Where would you be now?
Without love
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain’t got time to take a fast train
Lonely days are gone, I’m a-goin’ home
My baby, just a wrote me a letter
I gave a letter to the postman
He put it in his sack
Bright early next morning
He brought my letter back
Return to sender, address unknown
No such number, no such zone
We had a quarrel, a lover’s spat
I write I’m sorry, but my letter keeps coming back
So, take a letter, Maria
Address it to my wife
Say I won’t be coming home
Gotta start a new life
Oh, take a letter Maria
Address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer
Gotta start a new life
I’ve written a letter to Daddy
His address is Heaven above
I’ve written "Dear Daddy, we miss you”
And wish you were with us to love Instead of a stamp I put kisses
The postman says that’s best to do