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Thread #1335 Message #2927860
Posted By: Jim Dixon
14-Jun-10 - 06:09 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: that's good, no that's bad
Subject: Lyr Add: THAT'S GOOD! THAT'S BAD! (Drake/Shirl)
It seems there are several songs on the same theme. I transcribed this one from several samples. It might not be complete.
THAT'S GOOD! THAT'S BAD!
(Ervin Drake, Jimmy Shirl)
(As sung by Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford, 1951)
1. [STAFFORD] I met a man on Texas soil.
[LAINE] That's good.
[STAFFORD] He said, [LAINE] "My dough's tied up in oil."
[STAFFORD] Mmm, that's bad.
An oil man, boy, a millionaire!
[LAINE] That's good.
[STAFFORD] He ran a fillin' station there.
[LAINE] That's bad.
[CHORUS 1] [STAFFORD] It's good. [LAINE] Then it's bad.
[STAFFORD] It's bad. [LAINE] Then it's good.
[BOTH] Boy, if you started knockin' wood
'Cause ev'rything is goin' good,
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, that's bad.
2. [LAINE] Met a chick from New Orleans.
[STAFFORD] That's good.
[LAINE] And me just two bucks in my jeans.
[STAFFORD] That's bad.
[LAINE] She says, [STAFFORD] "I eat just like a bird."
[LAINE] That's good.
Some bird! A buzzard, that's the word.
[STAFFORD] Mmm, that's bad.
[CHORUS 2] [LAINE] It's good, then it's bad.
[STAFFORD] It's bad, then it's good.
[BOTH] Boy, if you started knockin' wood
'Cause ev'rything is goin' good,
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, that's bad.