Royal Crown Revue

Summer '43 the man's gunnin' for me
Blue and white mean war tonight
They say damn my pride and all
The other cats livin' down the east side
Or maybe just my brim's too wide

Hey Marie you better grab my jack
And zip gun for me
'Cause I'll face no shame
Tonight's the night I die for our name

Well I like to be swingin
Dancin and singing
Just having a good time
Free to do whatever
Now more than ever
Ive got to stick with that gang of mine

Sometimes your love is just like honey
So sweet and wild-so sweet and wild
Sometimes your love is just like menthol
So cool and nice-so cool and nice
That's why I don't want no other lover
Nobody but you


Honey child, honey child


You got a funny little way
A way of teasing
Feels so right, yeah so right
You've got a way-such a way
Through the night, all through the night
That's why I don't want no other lovin'
Nobody but you


Honey child


You got a brand of lovin'
That sets my soul on fire
You got a brand of kissin'
That drives me wild
That's why I don't want no other lover


That's why I don't want no other lover
That's why I don't want no other lover
Say, that's why I don't want no other lover
Say, that's why I don't want no other lover, baby

Alright all you swing cats
Let's try something new
Drag your elbows off the bar
Move your can from the old barstool


There's a place called the ocean
Probably heard about in school
Well, they ain't got no martinis there
But man, that water's cool


And guess what my bar clad buddies
They got women down there too
But that's for rope soap romeo
That bum ain't got a clue


Just for viewin' pleasure
Head down by the pier
Think of all the dough you'll save
On whisky, gin and beer


Now the moral of this story
There's more to life than jazz and bars
So plop your ass down in the sand
And look up at the stars


And if you're feelin' homesick
Bring a showgirl or two
Toss 'em out a volleyball
And hey baby, enjoy the view

Well, now you like to boogie
And I like to rock
We get together
Dance around the clock


We boogie at midnight
We boogie after midnight
We jump, swing
We jive an' wail 'round midnight


Well you want to get high
You gotta good point
We get together
Rock this joint
We boogie at midnight
We boogie after midnight
We jump, swing
We jive an' wail 'round midnight


Boogie, Boogie at midnight
Boogie, we gonna boogie 'till midnight
Boogie, boogie at midnight
Gonna boogie after midnight
Well we boogie at midnight
Boogie, boogie, boogie, baby
Boogie at Midnight

When an irresistible force such as you
Meets an old immovable object like me
You can bet as sure as you live
Somewhere, sometime, somehow
Something's gotta give


When an irrepressible smile such as yours
Warms an old implacable heart such as mine
Don't say no because I insist
Somewhere, sometime
Something's gotta give


So, look out cause who knows what the fates have in store
From their vast mysterious sky
But I'll try hard ignoring your lips I adore
But how long can anyone try?


So Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight with all of our mights
Chances are some heavenly star spangled night
You'll find out as sure as we live
That sometime, someway, somehow
Something's gotta give

Sometimes your love is just like honey
So sweet and wild-so sweet and wild
Sometimes your love is just like menthol
So cool and nice-so cool and nice
That's why I don't want no other lover
Nobody but you


Honey child, honey child


You got a funny little way
A way of teasing
Feels so right, yeah so right
You've got a way-such a way
Through the night, all through the night
That's why I don't want no other lovin'
Nobody but you


Honey child


You got a brand of lovin'
That sets my soul on fire
You got a brand of kissin'
That drives me wild
That's why I don't want no other lover


That's why I don't want no other lover
That's why I don't want no other lover
Say, that's why I don't want no other lover
Say, that's why I don't want no other lover, baby

There's a place I know
The wise guys go that's Park's Place
Showgirls swing when the chairman sings
At Park's Place-Park's Place
Yes my friends
It's the livin' end
Park's Place
The lights, fights and skirts
Are a sight at Park's Place
Mugs and thugs and big old lugs
Dig Park's Place
Man they really ball at Park's Place


They're high, they're low
They blow their dough
At Park's Place
Man the time flies at Park's Place
Yes my friend it's livin' in Park's Place

See the cat on Cienega Blvd.
Hey, he's the moocher


Listen here mooch
Why you always comin' round my crib
Your borrowin' my cow boots, squeezin' my dame
What's the deal moocher


That's the mooch

Summer '43 the man's gunnin' for me
Blue and white mean war tonight
They say damn my pride and all
The other cats livin' down the east side
Or maybe just my brim's too wide

Hey Marie you better grab my jack
And zip gun for me
'Cause I'll face no shame
Tonight's the night I die for our name

Well I like to be swingin
Dancin and singing
Just having a good time
Free to do whatever
Now more than ever
Ive got to stick with that gang of mine

Who dat up there who's dat down there
Who dat up there who dat well down there
Who's dat up there, sayin' who's dat down there
When I see you up there well who's dat down there


Who dat inside who's dat outside
Who's dat inside who dat well outside
Who's dat inside, singin' who's dat outside
When I see up there well who's dat out there


Button up your lip there big boy
Stop answerin' back
Give you a tip there big boy
Announce yourself Jack


Who dat up there who's dat down there
Who dat up there who dat, well down there
Who's dat up there, singin' who's dat down there
When I see you up there you bum
Well who's dat down there


Who Dat

I'm fly and flash and my jive is sweet
Pressed in pleat right to my feet
But when it comes to cash
I'm incomplete
Datin' with no dough


I told my doll I'd take her on a date
On the condition that she'd have to wait
'Cause I've never owned a car in the state
I'll be datin' with no dough


The valets and the maitre d'
Roll out the red carpet for me
My looks are deceiving Lord
'Cause when the check comes I'll be gone


Guess I'm deadbeat but what a seller
If flash were cash I'd be a Rockefeller
As long as my game goes unknown
I'll be datin' with no dough


I took my baby uptown
To show her that I had some class
The drink tab I could not pay
You know I ended the date with her foot up my
Yes I'm a deadbeat but what a seller
If flash were cash I'd be a Rockefeller
As long as my game goes unknown
I'll be datin' with no dough

Poppity, poppity, poppity pop goes the motorcycle

Summer '43 the man's gunnin' for me
Blue and white mean war tonight
They say damn my pride and all
The other cats livin' down the east side
Or maybe just my brim's too wide

Hey Marie you better grab my jack
And zip gun for me
'Cause I'll face no shame
Tonight's the night I die for our name

Well I like to be swingin
Dancin and singing
Just having a good time
Free to do whatever
Now more than ever
Ive got to stick with that gang of mine

Well there's this dance, you ought to know
It's a little somethin' I made up cats
To keep your heads low
See there are lots of sore gangsters
Packin' iron all day
So you learn my two step stay out of their way

Zip gun, zip gun bop
Ya better learn to do it 'fore yer poor heart
stops now
Zip gun, zip gun bop

Well there's flat-foot Louie
Sittin' on his front stoop
He caught five rounds in the belly
He looked like a messed-up bowl of
minestrone soup

Now you take that cat Mugs
He got iced the other day
He could have saved his mama
The dry cleanin' bill my way

Zip gun, zip gun bop
Ya better learn to do it 'fore yer poor heart
stops now
Zip gun, zip gun bop

(spoken)
Hey spinach chin,
Why don't you try on these cement shoes.
Look like they fit you pretty freakin' good.
Now see if you can walk on water puppy, you jackass

(sung)
So now you can see
Zip gun bop was meant to be
Lots of lead flyin'
Lots of lonely gals cryin'
But you can hear them cats shootin'
They're shootin' rat-ta-tat-tat
So you can learn my two step Jack
Or that's that

Zip gun, zip gun bop
Ya better learn to do it 'fore yer poor heart
stops now
Zip gun, zip gun bop
Hey hey

Zip gun, zip gun bop
Ya better learn to do it 'fore yer poor heart
stops now
Oh yeah baby, that zip gun bop

Mugzy's in the mood for losing cat
He's gonna beat it downtown to where it's at
Hocks his axe for some cash and a mess of blues
When sickness drowns his fear
The line becomes unclear
Well, just one more black day


How great is his need
A flowering bad seed
Well he's dying from his thirst cut off from all ties
Then he'll realize


He's gonna drown
In that hat full of rain
With a heart full of pain


And how can you live with a hat full of rain?
And a soul full of pain


How great is his need
A flowering bad seed
Well he's dying from his thirst
Cut off from all ties
Then he'll realize
He's gonna drown
In that hat full of rain
With a heart full of pain
And how can you live with a hat full of rain?
And a soul full of pain

I see you watching me just like a hawk
I don't mind the way you talk
But if you touch me
Something's gotta give
I live the life I love
And I love the life I live


My diamond ring and my money too
Tomorrow night they could belong to you
The girls move me at their will
I live the life I love
And I love the life I live


I may lay a hundred on a bet this time
Tomorrow night can't cover your dime
If I'm flat my kitten digs me still
I'm just tryin' tell you daddy
How I feel


You see me walkin' as I pass you by
Don't talk about me 'cause I could be high
Just forgive me
If you will
I live the life I love
And I love the life I live
Yeah


My private life you just may not dig
But your aspersions will not flip my wig
Opinions hold water like a sieve
I live the life I love
And I love the life I live


I may lay a hundred on a bet this time
Tomorrow night can't cover your dime
If I'm flat my kitten digs me still
I'm just tryin' to tell you daddy
How I feel


You see me walkin' as I pass you by
Don't talk about me 'cause I could be high
Just forgive me
If you will


I live the life I love
And I love the life I live


I live the life I love
And I love the life I live


I live my life


Just let the door knob hit you
Where the dog shoulda bit you

Walk right in, walk right out
Walk right in, walk right out
Well my baby keeps on walkin'
Well I met this gal
She wanted to ride in my truck
Well she had no wheels
Wanted to ride in my truck
Man she jumped in the cab
All she wants to do is


Walk right in, she walks right out
She walks right in, walks right out
She walks right in, walks right out


Well I met this chick
She wanted to steal my bucks
She thought I was loaded
Man she needed them bucks
But one peek in my wallet
All she wants to do is


Walk right in, she walks right out
She walks right in, walks right out
She walks right in, walks right out


Well I met this gal
She loves to hucklebuck
Well, she's a real fine dancer
Loves to hucklebuck
Man we get on the floor
All she wants to do is


Walk right in, she walks right out
She walks right in, walks right out
She walks right in, walks right out
Yeah baby!


Well, if you're diggin' this number
Baby you're out of luck
And if you're likin' that guitar playing
You're out of luck
But since you like it
You must love to


Walk right in, walk right out
You walk right in, walk right out
You walk right in, walk right out
That's what this song is all about

Somewhere beyond the sea
Somewhere waitin' for me
My lover stands on golden sands
And she watches the ships that go
Sailin' sailin'


Somewhere beyond the sea
Somewhere watchin' for me
If i could fly like birds on high
Then straight to your arms
I go sailin'


And somewhere beyond the sea
Well she's there watchin' for me
If i could fly like birds on high
Then straight to your arms
I go sailin' sailin'


Well it's far beyond the stars
And it's clear beyond the moon


And i know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
And we'll meet i know we'll meet
Beyond the shore and we'll kiss just as before


Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again i'll go
Sailin' sailin'


And i know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
And we'll meet i know we'll meet
Beyond the shore and we'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again i'll go
Sailin'

There's a place I know
The wise guys go that's Park's Place
Showgirls swing when the chairman sings
At Park's Place-Park's Place
Yes my friends
It's the livin' end
Park's Place
The lights, fights and skirts
Are a sight at Park's Place
Mugs and thugs and big old lugs
Dig Park's Place
Man they really ball at Park's Place


They're high, they're low
They blow their dough
At Park's Place
Man the time flies at Park's Place
Yes my friend it's livin' in Park's Place

I'm fly and flash and my jive is sweet
Pressed in pleat right to my feet
But when it comes to cash
I'm incomplete
Datin' with no dough


I told my doll I'd take her on a date
On the condition that she'd have to wait
'Cause I've never owned a car in the state
I'll be datin' with no dough


The valets and the maitre d'
Roll out the red carpet for me
My looks are deceiving Lord
'Cause when the check comes I'll be gone


Guess I'm deadbeat but what a seller
If flash were cash I'd be a Rockefeller
As long as my game goes unknown
I'll be datin' with no dough


I took my baby uptown
To show her that I had some class
The drink tab I could not pay
You know I ended the date with her foot up my
Yes I'm a deadbeat but what a seller
If flash were cash I'd be a Rockefeller
As long as my game goes unknown
I'll be datin' with no dough

Dirty neon lights, the traffic's cry
Footsteps echo on the street
The cheap but lovely chicks
And a sawbuck for a trick
And she'll work for a bite to eat
So where is all the glamour?
Where's that lovely starlet's kiss?
But out in T.V. land
They dream of Tinsel Town
But I'll tell you just what they've missed


Hustlers roll, beat cops stroll
The city where the night runs deep
Seedy bars, cats in lowered cars
That's Hollywood while you're asleep


Well here comes the fog
Or is that smog?
'Cause man I can't tell anymore
There ain't no welcome wagon around this town
Fred and Ethel sure the hell ain't next door
But way out in the distance
Someone watches the late night show
They dream of being hip on Sunset Strip
But I'll tell you what they don't know


Dirty neon lights, the traffic's cry
Footsteps echo on the street
The cheap but lovely chicks
And a sawbuck for a trick
And she'll work for a bite to eat
So where is all the glamour?
Where's that lovely starlet's kiss?
But out in T.V. land
They dream of Tinsel Town
But I'll tell you just what they've missed


Hustlers roll, beat cops stroll
The city where the night runs deep
Yeah seedy bars, cats in lowered cars
That's Hollywood while you're asleep

Ladies and gents
Your attention please
Let's look to the flying trapeze
The great Mondello will take to the sky
Watch him go-see him fly!


Now this wonder will start with some flips
While the ladies are bitin' their lips
Now the tension is high
As it gets,

Sometimes your love is just like honey
So sweet and wild-so sweet and wild
Sometimes your love is just like menthol
So cool and nice-so cool and nice
That's why I don't want no other lover
Nobody but you


Honey child, honey child


You got a funny little way
A way of teasing
Feels so right, yeah so right
You've got a way-such a way
Through the night, all through the night
That's why I don't want no other lovin'
Nobody but you


Honey child


You got a brand of lovin'
That sets my soul on fire
You got a brand of kissin'
That drives me wild
That's why I don't want no other lover


That's why I don't want no other lover
That's why I don't want no other lover
Say, that's why I don't want no other lover
Say, that's why I don't want no other lover, baby

Summer '43 the man's gunnin' for me
Blue and white mean war tonight
They say damn my pride and all
The other cats livin' down the east side
Or maybe just my brim's too wide

Hey Marie you better grab my jack
And zip gun for me
'Cause I'll face no shame
Tonight's the night I die for our name

Well I like to be swingin
Dancin and singing
Just having a good time
Free to do whatever
Now more than ever
Ive got to stick with that gang of mine

Alright all you swing cats
Let's try something new
Drag your elbows off the bar
Move your can from the old barstool


There's a place called the ocean
Probably heard about in school
Well, they ain't got no martinis there
But man, that water's cool


And guess what my bar clad buddies
They got women down there too
But that's for rope soap romeo
That bum ain't got a clue


Just for viewin' pleasure
Head down by the pier
Think of all the dough you'll save
On whisky, gin and beer


Now the moral of this story
There's more to life than jazz and bars
So plop your ass down in the sand
And look up at the stars


And if you're feelin' homesick
Bring a showgirl or two
Toss 'em out a volleyball
And hey baby, enjoy the view

The lights are spinnin'
I gotta get myself up off the floor
My head is ringin'
Bet they think I can't take too much more
The crowd is howlin'
Like the ocean's pounding roar
My legs are goin' out
Someone up there don't like me

Now my right and my left will decide
'Cause they're done with this bum takin' dives
Now my eyes may be swollen with right hooks and tears
But I see salvation tonight
In a left and a right

Called me a kid, champ or lefty
A bowery kid to the core
Fast cars and hipster movie stars
I ain't got none of that anymore
Now I'm down in the seventh
In the eighth my ribs are sore
In the ninth I'm staggerin'
Someone up there don't like me

It's a one-way ticket
Smart money's showin' me the door
Backed on the ropes now
Someone up there don't like me anymore
When the crowd goes silent
One thing that I know for sure
Knock me down one time
I'll be comin' back for more

Day breaks
Slate drops
Check your hardest stare
Hands in pockets, shoulders up
Walkin' like Brando into the sun

First Drag
On the Blacktop
Eyes shift side to side
Wanna play chicken, I know that song
Walkin' like Brando, fear is all gone

A callous heart never bleeds, oh no
And a hardened stare never needs, oh no
Watch closely now, and take your cue
From the black and white parade
They never showed their hand
And they never lay down

Long legs, lipstick
Adversary stance
Choose your weapon, I'll choose mine
Talkin' like Brando, usin' a line

So far, so good
So and so, so what
Playin' straight man, drinkin' bore
Walkin' like Brando settles the score

Look here, and look there
But don't you look through me
Left myself in the final showdown
Hard to be tough when there's no one around

Well there's this dance, you ought to know
It's a little somethin' I made up cats
To keep your heads low
See there are lots of sore gangsters
Packin' iron all day
So you learn my two step stay out of their way

Zip gun, zip gun bop
Ya better learn to do it 'fore yer poor heart
stops now
Zip gun, zip gun bop

Well there's flat-foot Louie
Sittin' on his front stoop
He caught five rounds in the belly
He looked like a messed-up bowl of
minestrone soup

Now you take that cat Mugs
He got iced the other day
He could have saved his mama
The dry cleanin' bill my way

Zip gun, zip gun bop
Ya better learn to do it 'fore yer poor heart
stops now
Zip gun, zip gun bop

(spoken)
Hey spinach chin,
Why don't you try on these cement shoes.
Look like they fit you pretty freakin' good.
Now see if you can walk on water puppy, you jackass

(sung)
So now you can see
Zip gun bop was meant to be
Lots of lead flyin'
Lots of lonely gals cryin'
But you can hear them cats shootin'
They're shootin' rat-ta-tat-tat
So you can learn my two step Jack
Or that's that

Zip gun, zip gun bop
Ya better learn to do it 'fore yer poor heart
stops now
Zip gun, zip gun bop
Hey hey

Zip gun, zip gun bop
Ya better learn to do it 'fore yer poor heart
stops now
Oh yeah baby, that zip gun bop

It was a fine left coast morning
And I found myself planted outside
The Cap 'N' Cork
Tipping back the hops
In order to calm my dancing hands
You see I usually don't play
The tied-up watchdog routine
Looking up and down the street
But this is the corner
Joey A., my car and I
Were supposed to meet

You see Joey The Amateur and I
Were out clinkin' glasses last night
When I got three sheets to an ill wind
Myself being in possession
Of a fine Double 5 Lincoln convert
Joey offered to skip me back to the crib
I awoke to a barren driveway
And a neighbor started to chide

I don't know why there's no sun up in that sky
Stormy weather since me and my gal ain't together,
Keeps rainin' all the time

Life is bare, gloom and misery's everywhere
Stormy weather, can't get my poor self together
Keeps rainin' all the time

Well now, since you went away the blues walked in and met me
If you don't come back to stay
That rocking chair may get me
And I'll pray the Lord above will let me
Walk in the sun once more

Morning light shine in my window
Morning light tell me to leave you
Morning light and I wonder just
How can I wander alone in this world without you

All day I work with pick in hand
Until the sun go down,
All day I think of you, my girl,
And my poor heart spins 'round

Sun go up, the moon come down
The whole world spinnin' 'round
Before that stops and heaven drops
My love still keeps us bound

Rooster crows at break of day
And when the sun go down
Were I that rooster lovin' you
I'd make a sweeter sound

I know someday I'll discover
One who will be my true lover
I'll tell her right from the start
If you want my heart
You know what you got to do

You got to work, work, work baby
You got to work, work, work baby

If I'm a hard lovin' daddy
You can be tall, short or fatty
You can be any ol' size
As long as you're wise
And you know what you gotta do

If I maintain my employment
You should supply the enjoyment
Long as I stay on the job
Your heart ought to throb
You know what you gotta do

If you want in on my money
Tell me I'm fine, call me

The heat is back on baby
The hammers come down on your pretty lil' head
And that suits you fine baby
If jiving were cement, you'd be highway 5

Everyone knows you're crazy
And they're probably right
Everyone knows you're crazy
Now it's out in the light
Everyone knows you're crazy
Everyone knows you're crazy, now

Your love is all wrong baby
Take what I give and steal what you ain't got
Suits me fine baby
'Cause this doc can operate all by himself

You're back on your heels baby
So far back your hemline's touching dirt
And you'll never know baby
You're employed by denial and paid in a half-truth

Small town beauty baby
Would-be movie queen
In '47, it seemed like heaven
Time to take it overseas

She beat it to the island
Of rum, romance and dreams
But Papa Doc's old choppin' block
Soon was gonna change the scene

Peering through the midnight vines
The pointed knives and the painted faces smile
Demon rum and beating drums
Untie the beast that's been there all her life
And all the while...

Winding through the curves in a big convertible
Trying to hide her eyes from the Haitian sun
But he left you cold in a blue eyed trance, girl
You better run now 'cause you gonna get no second chance
In Port-au-Prince

Crooked jet set livin'
With gold-toothed diplomats
Umbrella drinks, the whole thing stinks
Flipped a switch and that was that

Hey dark-hair Yankee lady
Please to suivez-moi
I look into that big cat's eyes and
I know what you come here for

Peering through the midnight vines...

Too bad little Bettie
But know it's time to leave
Your Yankee clout has just run out
They're gunnin' in the street

Crowded prop plane hummin'
Bound for NYC
The voodoo rite she saw that night
Baby how it set you free