Genius Lyrics
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Zoot Suit Riot
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“Zoot Suit Riot” is about a historical event commonly called The Zoot Suit Riots, a series of riots and disturbances that took place in June 1943. The violence started with
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – When I Change Your Mind
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Everything's gonna be nice and sweet / When I come sweep you off your feet / You won't think I'm such a creep / When I change your mind / I was nice and you were cold / You were
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Brown Derby Jump
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(Jump!) / (Jump jump jump!) / (Jump!) / (Jump jump jump!) / She was a woman of mystery / And what she wanted I could not see / A three-year trip on the dragon / 'Til the clinic had
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – No Mercy for Swine
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Well with bloodshot eyes / I'm finally broke / I feel like I just had a stroke / We made a stain / She said my name / I drank a thousand beers for that dame / Now we're the couple
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"Weird Al" Yankovic – Grapefruit Diet
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[Verse 1] / Who's that waddlin' down the street / It's just me cause I love to eat / Fudge and Twinkies and deviled ham / Who's real flabby? Yes, I am / Every picture of me's
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Cherry Poppin' Daddy Strut
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“Cherry Poppin' Daddy Strut” is narrated from the point-of-view of a man who has, as his mistress, someone who is already in a relationship with another man. It is a very brash and
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Pool Shark
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Sooner or later they'll come for you there Joe / Lookin' for tables and smiling friendly at your dough / They'll put the hustle down / Said you could play but yeah / They'll turn
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Come Back To Me
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Go Flash! / That's Flash Medallion on drums.... / Hear my voice where you are / Take a train, steal a car / Hop a freight, grab a star / Come back to me / Catch a plane, catch a
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Shake Your Lovemaker
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[Scat intro] / [Verse 1] / Hold the door for ol' hi dee ho / Step to the rhythm on the ballroom floor / Tip down your glasses and give 'em a wink / To all the flappers and the mob
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Wingtips
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Trusting in the breeze I fed my way to this hotel Uh huh / The sundown on my spirits / Where the needles on the trees love hissing / At a king uncrowned Uh huh. As he founders
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Suicide Kings
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Don't like your tone you sound confused / Because your ma said I was born too loose / I smoke my menthols and sport my rings / She don't like me running with my posse the Suicide
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Platform Shoes
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Jump up, jump up / Go on baby, shake and hop to the candy shop / Jump up, jump up / Jump up on your platform shoes / Well, she went and flashed him nude / From a trench coat in a
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Saddest Thing I Know
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I hate myself / We'll have that in common / Although I've gotten most everything I wanted / Hope is still a flicker in the dark / Somewhere in the distance, a mysterious spark / If
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Skyline Drive
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“Skyline Drive” is a somewhat arcane song that tells the story of a woman seemingly living a life of leisure, juxtaposed with images of murder and intrigue. Because of the album’s
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Breathe
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Breathe like you’ll never breathe again / Like you really know its over / Like you fnally found your friends / And laugh like you’re coughin out your heart / Let the lightning
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Slapstick
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Step right up for the great pie fight! / I do the jiggle with a funny face / A Charlie Chaplin messiah / I'll break into the safe / And light a bonfire / Well, if I dotted to dot
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Bust Out
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He was the kind of kid who always ended heart sick from a confict / And in his dreams he’d free himself to be with others like a lovin' brother / But then he turned away / And then
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies – Puttin' on the Ritz
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Have you seen the well-to-do / Upon Lennox Avenue / On that famous thoroughfare / With their noses in the air / High hats and coloured collars / White spats and fifteen dollars
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