Ko-we-ha Gemini Jim taw Scorpio Salo. Taw sejno-nej-o-to-kono o-ha-na-shi-te-saw. There was Gemini Jim and Scorpio Sal they was livin' by the Golden Gate.
You may be lookin' for me but I ain't lookin' for you. I'm still lookin' for myself and I ain't got time to look for nobody else. When I found who I am and where I am.
She's a liberated lady and she's looking out for herself. And she don't need your protection and she does not want your help. And if you're lookin' for some pretty little flower.
So you heard there was a spark of love alive for you. You come back to kill it like you always do. You found it weak and tremblin' hangin' on just by a thread.
Now I'm warnin' all you women, don't stand too close to me. 'Cause you might catch fire. Now you're talkin' to a man in a whole other kind of bag. Well I'm three parts tiger and one part snake.
Well now I once knew a woman listen while I tell you all about her yeah. And the first time I seen her I knew I couldn't live without her. Well now she swore she'd love me all her life and I knew I'd do the same.
Oh yes boys play it sweet for me. I was sittin' in my basement I'd just rolled myself a taste of. Somethin' green and gold and glorious to get me through the day.
No I can't touch the clouds for you I've never reached the sun for you. I've never done the things that you need done for you. I've stretched as high as I can reach I guess I'm not the one for you.
Yeah hoodoo voodoo lady cast up your voodoo vision. Let me know where did my baby go where did my lovin' baby go. Hoodoo voodoo lady shake your black cat tooth and your mojo bone.
Well on a Monday I'll be slingin' hash Tuesday I'll be collectin' trash. And on a Wednesday I might be tendin' bar. Thursday I'll be the guy who parks your car.
As I walk down to Bishop Street I met a girl who smiled so sweet. Now she was young and pretty too. And on a string she walked with a thing called the Floobie Doobie Doo.
(Okay now years ago I wrote a song called A Boy Named Sue and that was okay. And everything except then I started to think about it and I thought. It is unfair I am looking at the whole thing from the poor kid's point of view.
Unwind my mind oh baby drain my brain. Unscrew my head take a part of my heart. Scrape away the pain and start all over again. . I tell you baby I don't understand just how you can make love to me.
Yes my dear I must admit that one time I might did. (And if you grow wiser for me experience). Yes my dear I grew wiser in many ways and the thing I learned most.
Well breakfast black coffee one slice of dry toast no butter no jelly no jam. Lunch just some lettuce two celery stalks no booze no potatoes no ham. Dinner one chicken wing broiled not fried no gravy no biscuits no pie.
Well hey Miss Go-Go won't you stop for a minute. Cause the song you dance to it got somethin' in it. There's a lotta things those long funny words can teach ya.
One two three four five six seven eight hey baby you're a little too late. I'm standin' on the outside lookin' in at you on the inside. Lookin' out at me on the outside lookin' in.
He'll be comin' down the road at the break of day. His head thrown back and his guns tied low. He's comin' after Jinny wants to take her away but I ain't gonna let her go.
Oh the changing of the seasons it's a pretty thing to see. And though I find this balmy weather pleasin'. There's the wind come from tomorrow and I hear it callin' me.
My daddy left home when I was three,. And he didn't leave much to Ma and me.... Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.. Now, I don't blame him cause he run and hid,.