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Bill Haley's Last Words

Bill Haley's Last Words lyrics by Ian Dury. (Rock, roc,k rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock) Alright! I'm calling you from Harlingen, Texas I'm telling you,...

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Bill Haley's Last Words

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(Rock, roc,k rock, rock, rock, rock, rock, rock)

Alright! I'm calling you from Harlingen, Texas

I'm telling you, friend, that I've got a son named Scott Haley

Alright? You know all that jive, don't you, Jack?

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight

We're gonna bop, gonna rock, around the clock tonight

I'm gonna have Captain Buddy Larrymore, the Chief of Police call you

'Cos now I've got your number

But you don't wanna listen, do you?

If a bobby needs a buddy, fucking from the right

If a body needs a buddy, make me sing it

I've got a lawyer in Philadelphia

I've got several lawyers in Philadelphia

I've got one of the things on Valley Brook

You tell me about the six foot seven guy that runs my publishing company

Thirteen women only one man around

There were thirteen women, only one running around

You tell me I didn't have the biggest Mexican record in Mexico?

Now, you see I collect loyalty from Mexico too, friend

'Cos I sing in the two languages

Everybody razzle-dazzle

Everybody razzle-dazzle

Everybody razzle-dazzle

The whole night through

I'm gonna have Captain Buddy Larrymore to call you

And if you want his phone number I'm gonna give it to you

You call him and tell him what you just heard

And he's gonna ask you how you got his phone number

And you're gonna be in jail

Hot-dog, maya maya

Hot-dog, maya maya

Hot-dog, maya maya

Hot-dog, all the time

Now, you'll keep your mouth shut, won't you?

'Cos I'm gonna give you a number in Miami Beach

And he'll shut your mouth

I seem to carry a little more weight tonight than I did, don't I?

He man, ho, the mambo rock

He man, ho, the mambo rock

He man, ho, the mambo rock

Everybody doing the mambo rock

Now, you hang on and wait just a second on this toll free line

Goodbye, don't ever call me, you don't have my number

I didn't give you any numbers

You cannot let Bill Hayley say anything and keep his mouth shut

Now, can I talk?

And when I'm finished talking then you can open your mouth

I do remember Philadelphia

Where's Buddy Larrymore? He's in Sicily

So if you see Lenny, tell him I wish you a Merry Christmas

See you later, Alligator

In a mambo bar

See you later, Alligator

In a mambo bar

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