D’ya remember this? Off of “ELP Brain Salad Surgery”
Benny The Bouncer
Benny was the bouncer at the Palais de Dance
He’d slash his granny’s face up, given half a chance
Hed sell you back the pieces, all for less than half a quid
He thought he was the meanest, until he met with Savage SidNow Sidney was a greaser with some nasty roots
He poured a pint of Guinness over Benny’s boots
Benny looked at Sidney, Sidney stared right back in his eye
Sidney chose a switchblade and Benny got a cold meat pieOh! what a terrible sight
Much to the people’s delight
One hell of a fightSidney grabbed an hatchet, buried it in Benny’s head
The people gasped as he bled, the end of a TedWell, they dragged him from the wreckage of the Palais in bits
And they tried to stick together all the bits that would fit
But some of him was missing and part of him arrived too late
So now he works for Jesus, as the bouncer at St. Peter’s Gate
Please
i thought that "Benny the Bouncer" reminded me of something of Elton's. I thought it was "Bennie and the Jets" but it was probably this, by Elton John and Bernie Taupin:
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
It's getting late have you seen my mates
Ma tell me when the boys get here
It's seven o'clock and I want to rock
Want to get a belly full of beer
My old man's drunker than a barrel full of monkeys
And my old lady she don't care
My sister looks cute in her braces and boots
A handfull of grease in her hair
Don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Saturday night's alright for fighting
Get a little action in
Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Gonna set this dance alight
'Cause Saturday night's the night I like
Saturday night's alright alright alright
Well they're packed pretty tight in here tonight
I'm looking for a dolly who'll see me right
I may use a little muscle to get what I need
I may sink a little drink and shout out She's with me!"
A couple of the sound that I really like
Are the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass