Rickie Lee Jones
Pirates

Woody And Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking

Track A4
 
[Intro, spoken] Hey, hey hey Junior! Man, who does that look like walkin' down the street? Hey, hey [?] Hey, hey hey Bones! Ey, what're you doin' back in town, man? Man, I didn't even know what city I was in! *Laughter* Crazy that guy! "I didn't even know what city I was in," heh! [Verse 1] Dutch took 'em on the slow train to Peking On La Brea Avenue To find the Stax and Sun That they was reachin' to get to They were a-rappin the fat scat Diamond dialectos of points and taps Between the chicken in the back And they drew themselves a bebop midnight map They said "Do you got a map to the next joint?" "Do you got a map to the next joint?" [Verse 2] Pick it up on the night train Down on the corner of rhythm and blues Where I have met all o' my boys since back in '52 Bringing 'em Stax and Sun 'Cause I think that Cleveland forgot And Memphis forgot Where they were comin' from Do ya like it, do ya like it like that? Do you like rappin' the fat scat? [Scatting] [Interlude, spoken] I was walkin' down the street in my '57 Lincoln, white and brown, shakin' that thing the way I do, and policeman said, "Girl you can't walk like that," and my boyfriend said... I got the boogie, woogie, in my socks! (Where else?) Ah, please don't make the little girl stop! (Heh heh heh heh) [Bass solo] [Scatting] [Verse 3] Woody and Dutch dance the cell of fourteen Like a pill, they do it all night The spectators, whitewalls, fins and greased back Every Saturday night Leanin' the scenery, pickin' up the kids At the next door neighbours', and I know what you did, yeah Well I got a room you can prob'ly stay in If you promise you won't make too much noise... Ah well, no I won't! Ah, lemme see you promise that, baby No I don't! Hah, aw, no problem! [Scatting]
 
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