Smokey Joe’s Café (1955) (video)

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Oh ah ah, at Smokey Joe’s Café. Oh ah ah, at Smokey Joe’s Café.

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1. One day while I was eating beans at Smokey Joe’s Café,

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just sittin’ there, you know, you see, at Smokey Joe’s Café,

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a chicken walked in through the door that I had never seen before,

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at least I never saw her down at Smokey Joe’s Café,

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and I started shaking when she sat right down next to me.

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2. Her knees were almost touching mine, at Smokey Joe’s Café,

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a chill was runnin’ down my spine, at Smokey Joe’s Café.

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I could smell her sweet perfume, she smiled at me, my heart went boom,

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then everybody in room at Smokey Joe’s Café,

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they said “Man, be careful, that chick belongs to Smokey Joe!”

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And from behind the counter I saw a man,

a chef’s hat on his head and a knife in his hand,

he grabbed me by my collar and began to shout :

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“You better eat up all your beans, boy and clear right on out!”

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3. Yes, I know I’ll never eat again at Smokey Joe’s Café,

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and so we’ll never meet again at Smokey Joe’s Café.

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I’d rather eat my chili beans at Jim’s or Jack’s or John’s or Gene’s,

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than take my chances eatin’ down at Smokey Joe’s Café,

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I risked my life, man, that Smokey Joe’s a crazy fool.

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Oh ah ah, at Smokey Joe’s Café. Oh ah ah, at Smokey Joe’s Café.

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Oh ah ah, at Smokey Joe’s Café. Oh ah ah, at Smokey Joe’s Café.

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