Sally Simpson    (video)

 

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1. Outside the house Mr. Simpson announced

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    that Sally couldn't go to the meeting.

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    He went on cleaning his blue Rolls Royce,

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    and she ran inside a-weeping.

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 She got to her room and tears splashed the picture of her new Messiah,

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    she picked up a book of her father's life and threw it on the fire.

 

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She knew from the start, deep down in her heart

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that she and Tommy were worlds apart.

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But her mother said, “Never mind, your part is to be what you'll be.”

 

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2. The theme of the sermon was “Come unto me and love will find a way.”

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    So Sally decided to ignore her dad and sneak out anyway.

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    She spent all afternoon getting ready,

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    and decided she'd try to touch him.

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    Maybe he'd see that she was free,

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    and talk to her this Sunday.               +  CHORUS

 

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3. She arrived at six, and the place was swingin' to gospel music by nine,

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    group after group appeared on the stage and Sally just sat there cryin'.

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    She bit her nails looking pretty as a picture

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    right in the very front row.

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    then a D.J. wearin' a blazer with a badge

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    ran on and said, “Here we go !”

 

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    The crowd went crazy as Tommy hit the stage,

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    Little Sally got lost as the police bossed the crowd back in a rage.

 

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4. Soon the atmosphere was cooler and Tommy gave a lesson,

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  Sally just had to let him know she loved him and leapt up on the rostrum.

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    She ran across the stage to the spotlit figure

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    and brushed him on the face.

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    Tommy whirled round as a uniformed man

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    threw her off the stage.

 

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She knew from the start, deep down in her heart

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that she and Tommy were worlds apart.

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But her mother said, “Never mind, your part is to be what you'll be.”

 

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5. Her cheek hit a chair and blood trickled down, mingling with her tears.

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    Tommy carried on preaching and his voice filled Sally's ears.

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    She caught his eye, she had to try,

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    but he couldn't see through the lights.

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    Her face was gashed and the ambulance men

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    had to carry her out that night.

 

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    The crowd went crazy as Tommy left the stage.

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    Little Sally was lost for the price of a touch

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    and a gash across her face.         Oh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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+  Sixteen stitches put her right and her dad said,

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    „Don't say I didn't warn ya !”

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    Sally got married to a rock musician

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    she met in California.

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    Tommy always talks about the day

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    the disciples all went wild,

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    Sally still carries a scar on her cheek

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    to remind her of his smile.

 

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She knew from the start, deep down in her heart

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that she and Tommy were worlds apart.

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But her mother said, “Never mind, your part is to be what you'll be.”

 

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    (The Who)