Memo from Turner (video)

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1. Did I see you down in San Antone on a hot and dusty night ?

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You were eating eggs in Sammy´s

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when the black man drew his knife.

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Or you drowned that Jew in Rampton,

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as he washed his sleeveless shirt.

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You know that Spanish speaking gentleman, the one

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we all called “Kurt”.

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Come now, gentleman, I know there´s some mistake,

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how forgetful I´m becoming, now you fixed your business straight. - -

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2. I remember you in Hamlock Road in nineteen fifty-six,

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you were a faggy little leather-boy with a smaller piece of stick.

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You were a lashing, smashing hunk of man,

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your sweat shine sweet and strong,

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your organ´s working perfectly,

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but there´s a part that´s not screwed on. + D - D7 (3x) - D

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3. Weren´t you at the Coke-Convention back in nineteen sixty-five ?

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You´re the misbred grey executive I´ve seen heavily advertised.

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You´re that grey man whose daughter licks

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policemen´s buttons clean,

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you´re the man who squats behind the man

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who works the soft machine.

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Come now, gentleman, your love is all I crave,

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you´ll still be in the circus when I´m laughing, laughing in my grave.

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4. When the old men do the fighting and the young men all look on,

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and the young girls eat their mother´s meat from tubes of plasticon.

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Be weary, please, my gentle friends, of all the skins you breed,

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they have that nasty habit, it ain´t the hands that bleed.

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5. So remember who you say you are, but keep your noses clean,

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boys will be boys and play with toys, so be strong with your beast.

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Oh, Rosie, dear, don´t ya think it´s queer, so stop me if you please,

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the baby´s dead, my lady said,

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“You gentlemen, why you all work for me ?”

(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Rolling Stones)