this is from very old and tattered memory.

'wanted' lampooned the sappy perry como song of the same name and was the 'b' side to 'hernando's hide-away'.

i've asked my son -- who performed it with a buddy at a high school gala of some sort not all that long ago -- if he can help resurrect it.


wanted

wanted - the girl i trusted - who took my money and stole my car
wanted - the girl . . . and left me - mad as farr.

i can laugh now 'cause it didn't hurt a bit - the car was stolen and the money's counterfeit.
she's wanted by all the po-lice - they'll never catch her un-a-werr
because she'll lead them into the round house - and they'll ne-ver corner her therr.

[mandolin interlude]

she was last seen in her-nando's hideaway - she was wearin' one of benny's old toupees.
a jury will find her guilty, and as i see it, there ain't no hope
when she was bo-rrn her dear old mother - shoulda been arrested for smug-a-lin' dope.