Wednesday, 20 June 2007

New York Skiffle [Editor's Recommendation]

I’m the vendor of quack nostrums born in a Kansas shack
I came down to Greenwich Village with a tea chest on my back
I danced a while for Andy and crashed his Cadillac
Now I’m just waiting for my ban

Chorus

Oh does your
Heroin lose its glamour on the washboard overnight?
When your mother says don’t do it
Do you crank it up in spite?
Do you rob your brother’s Giro?
Do you talk a load of shite?
Does you Heroin lose its glamour on the washboard overnight?

I’ve drank too much black coffee read too much Wilbur Rose
I’ve been a He and been a She and maybe and who knows
I’ve had the cee-bee jeebies I’ve ??????? way up state
So don’t you rock me Daddio!

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6 comments:

  1. Martin28 September 2007 at 14:46

    "I danced a while for Andy and crashed his Cadillac"

    ... which would also make sense of ..

    "Now I'm just waiting for my BAN"

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  2. EskimoEric29 September 2007 at 09:35

    Yeah, I like that.

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  3. the bloss.10 January 2008 at 11:23

    ...drank too much black coffee, read too much Bill Burroughs". As in, William Burroughs, I always thought?

    also I've always sung it as "journeyed way upstate"? But I don't know. Not that I sing along or anything.

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  4. Anonymous11 February 2009 at 04:04

    I thought it was 'turkeyed way upstate'

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  5. Wanderin' Man23 March 2009 at 14:23

    "I've had the CBGBs" likely refers to the New York club of the same name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB

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  6. EskimoEric24 March 2009 at 07:35

    Thanks Graeme.

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