Blue gene baby



Skinny white sailorthe 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

Whowhowho slapped john? 



White faceblack shirt

White socksblack shoes

Black hairwhite strat

Bled whitedied black



Sweet gene vincent

Let the blue caps roll tonight

At the sock hop ball in the union hall

Where 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 peacedaddy sickle grease

But 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 gloveswhite frost

Black crípewhite lead

White sheetblack knight

Jet blackdead white



Sweet gene vincent

There's one in every town

And the devil drives till the hearse arrives

And you lay the pistol down



Sweet gene vincent

With nowhere left to hide

With lazy skin and ash-tray eyes

And perforated pride



Sail awayboys

Take me home

Country roads



So farewellmademoiselle knicker-bocker hotel

Goodbye to money owed

When your leg still hurtsbut you need more shirts

You got to get back on the road



Sweet gene vincent

Sweet gene vincent

Sweet gene vincent

Sweet gene vincent



When your leg still hurtsbut you need more shirts

You got to get back on the road