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Thread #4250 Message #1593792
Posted By: Jim Dixon
30-Oct-05 - 05:32 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Pearly [Little Red] (Gordon Bok)
Subject: RE: Lyrics: songs from Bok's "Return to the Land
Just tying up some old "loose threads" here.
The first two have been posted in other threads:
THE SWAG AND THE SHINER
I HELD A LADY
...but I don't think this one has, so I transcribed what I could from a sound sample. Maybe it will jog someone's memory.
PEARLY (LITTLE RED)
Gordon Bok
...but if you've got a minute and nothing to do
Could you head me up for the air?
Well, he pointed his finger back over me shoulder.
I peered away through the gloom,
And there, sure enough, was an exit sign,
Bright as the crack of doom.
Well, I thanked him as nicely as ever I knew....