Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender The beauties were brief Shall I mourn your decline with some Thunderbird wine And a black handkerchief? I miss your sad Virginia whisper I miss the voice that called my heart
Sweet Gene Vincent Young, and old, and gone Sweet Gene Vincent
Who, who, who slapped John?
White face, black shirt White socks, black shoes Black hair, white strat Bled white, died black
Sweet Gene Vincent Let the blue caps roll tonight At the Sock Hop Ball in the Union Hall The bop is their delight
Here come duck-tail Danny dragging uncanny Annie She's the one with the flying feet You can break the peace, daddy sickle grease The beat is reet complete
And the jump-back honey in the dungarees Tight sweater and a pony-tail Will you guess her age when she comes back-stage The hoodlums bite their nails
Black gloves, white frost Black crêpe, white lead White sheet, black knight Jet black, dead white
Sweet Gene Vincent There's one in every town And the devil drives till the hearse arrives You lay the pistol down
Sweet Gene Vincent With nowhere left to hide With lazy skin and ash-tray eyes And perforated pride
So farewell, mademoiselle, knicker-bocker hotel Goodbye to money owed When your leg still hurts and you need more shirts But you got to get back on the road
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