Wednesday, 10 April 2019
You can act real wild they don't treat you like a child
You know you're getting old when...
...you discover that the "cool rockabilly rebel" of the turn of the 80s, Mr Brian Setzer is 60 years old! He's made a big name of himself over the years, with his own swing orchestra as well as solo; but it is for the youthful exuberance of his time with the Stray Cats - all snake-hips and big quiffs - we remember him most:
Get kicked out for coming home at dawn,
Mom and Dad cursed the day you were born,
Throw your clothes into a duffle bag
shoutin' as ya slam the door home is a drag
Who can I turn to and where can I stay?
I heard a place is open all night and all day
There's a place you can go where the cops don't know
You can act real wild they don't treat you like a child
Runaway boys
Your hair's all greasy and you feel like a slob,
You're only fifteen and you can't get a job,
Go into the luncheonette and shoot a few games
Losing all your quarters, man it's always the same
Steal a couple of bucks to buy a new toy,
Slip into the alley with the
Runaway boys
Runnin' faster, faster all the time
You're under age and God knows, that's a crime!
Runaway boys
Brian Robert Setzer (born 10th April 1959)
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It was my era but even then I wore a cardigan x
ReplyDeleteMore Val Doonican than Stray Cats, really... Jx
DeleteI loved The Stray Cats!!! I also love a nice cardigan.
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Cardigan-based rockabilly rebels are in abundance, it would appear. Jx
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