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Stagger Lee & Billy
Ike & Tina Turner
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I went down to the Go-Go West
I thought I would have myself a ball
But if I had known what was in store for me
I never would have gone at all
'Cause they threw chairs and bottles all over the place
I couldn't find no place to hide
But every time I made a break for the door
Somebody knocked me right back inside
Stagger Lee was kissing Billy's wife
When Billy walked in the door
Stagger Lee caught the plea and got down on his knees
But Billy knocked him right dead on the floor
Billy was hitting Stagger Lee so hard
The cops were scared to speak
The two bouncers standing there
They even turned their head
And pretended like they didn't see
Billy whipped the poor boy so long
Until he started to lookin' pale
He even gave Stagger Lee two black eyes
And dared neither one to squeal
While they threw chairs and bottles all over the place
I couldn't find no place to hide
But every time I made a break for the door
Somebody knocked me right back inside
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Now when the fight was over
Oh boy, what a mess
Stagger Lee had some broken bones
And I know the boy had learned a lesson from this
That's to leave married women alone
'Cause they threw chairs and bottles all over the place
I couldn't find no place to hide
But every time I made a break for the door
Somebody knocked me right back inside
Ha ha ha, I ain't never seen the like before
The poor boy gained ten pounds in five minutes
His head looked like a watermelon's overcoat, huh
And his eyes was the size of a missile egg
His mouth looked like a Salvation Army's tent with buckshot holes
Mad, mad, what a mess
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