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Thread #162462 Message #3867165
Posted By: GUEST
19-Jul-17 - 02:58 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mendocino Desperados (Bob Gibson)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mendocino Desperados
Heading south from Mendocino ???????????????????????
Two old desperados driving like a falling rain
Bound to see the lights and ladies, hug em up and kiss their babies
Dance along the sparkling streets and lie beyond the Golden Gate
Brandy gave us chicken curry, told us boyz now dontcha hurry
All the ????? have broken down
So off we drove ????????????????????????????????
????????????????????? Bobby you forgot your boots
We started drinking ??????????????????????????????????????
She works in a no-name bar and gave us drinks for free
????????? Golden Gate ?????????????????
Wonder if we ????????????????????????????????
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I met a beauty at ?????
Find out she's a guy well honey since we already paid our money
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Can you spare some change or would you ???????????
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????????????????????? dancing with the Hare Krishna
Heading back to Mendocino 'cross the bridge thru South Toledo
Two old desperados weaving thru a falling rain
Bound to see our own ol' ladies, hug em up and kiss our babies
Crawl in bed and tell em, it's so good to be back home again
La lalalalallal, lalalallaal
Lalalalalalalalalalaaaaaaaaaaa
That's all I can comprehend. I'll leave the rest to ya.
(This song was mentioned by Pulitzer winner Roger Ebert in his film review book as an example of pure humor.)