Family
I Family sono stati un'importante formazione per l'evoluzione del rock britannico, dalla psichedelia di fine anni sessanta al progressive, sviluppatosi all'inizio del decennio successivo.
Storia
Nati nel 1967 a Leicester dall'incontro tra Charlie Whitney - chitarrista del gruppo The Farinas (una blues band del college) - e Roger Chapman, sono tra i primi gruppi britannici a coniare e sviluppare il progressive rock e a privilegiare il 33 giri piuttosto che il più breve 45 giri.Il loro stile è variopinto (partendo da forti influenze di folk acido e passando per jazz, blues rock e ritmi esotici), caratterizzato dalla voce possente di Roger Chapman, dal violino di Ric Grech e dagli spunti esotici del chitarrista Charlie Whitney.
I primi tre album (e soprattutto Family Entertainment del 1969) delineano e condensano le nuove idee in un repertorio di canzoni atipiche, dai toni accesi, raffinati ed emozionanti.
Il gruppo originale ha subito numerosi cambi di formazione, che includono le partecipazioni, tra gli altri, di John Wetton (che andrà in seguito a militare nei King Crimson) e di Poli Palmer e Jim Cregan, seppur per poco tempo, provenienti dai Blossom Toes. Ric Grech si unirà all'ex Traffic Steve Winwood e ai due ex Cream Eric Clapton e Ginger Baker per dare vita al supergruppo Blind Faith.
Roger Chapman e Charlie Whitney, terminata l'esperienza dei Family, formarono un gruppo blues-rock di poco successo, gli Streetwalkers, attivo fino alla fine degli anni settanta.
Formazione
Principale
- Roger Chapman - voce, percussioni
- Charlie Whitney - chitarra, banjo, mandolino, organo, pianoforte, cori
- Rob Townsend - batteria, arpa, percussioni
- Ric Grech - basso, violino, cori
- Jim King - sassofono tenore e soprano, armonica a bocca, pianoforte
Ex componenti
- Poli Palmer - pianoforte, vibrafono, flauto
- John Weider - basso, chitarra, violino
- John Wetton - basso, tastiere, cori
- George Bruno - organo in A Song for me
- Jim Cregan - basso
Discografia
Dischi principali
- 1968 - Music in a Doll's House
- 1969 - Family Entertainment
- 1970 - A Song for me
- 1970 - Anyway
- 1971 - Fearless
- 1972 - Bandstand
- 1973 - It's Only a Movie
Dischi live
- 1971 - Family in concert
- 1973 - BBC Radio 1 Live in concert
- 1992 - Peel session
- 2002 - BBC Radio Show 1973
- 2004 - BBC Radio, Vol 1: 1968-1969
- 2004 - BBC Radio, Vol 2: 1971-1973
Raccolte
- 1971 - Old Songs New Songs
- 1981 - From Past Archives
- 2000 - Anthology
| Family in 1968. Promo pic from their 1968 album "Music In A Dolls House" This is a promotional picutre from around the time of the release of the album. |
The band's rotating membership throughout its relatively short existence led to a diversity in sound throughout their different albums. Family are also often seen as an unjustly forgotten act, when compared with other bands from the same period and have been described as an "odd band loved by a small but rabid group of fans". Although most of their recordings were issued in the US, the band never achieved any appreciable success there.
History
Early years (1966–1969)
Family formed in Late 1966 in Leicester, England from the remaining members of a group that was previously known as The Farinas and later briefly The Roaring Sixties, whose sound was grounded in R&B. The Farinas originally consisted of John "Charlie" Whitney, Tim Kirchin, Harry Ovenall (born Richard Harry Ovenall, 12 September 1943, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) and Jim King, forming at Leicester Art College in 1962. Ric Grech replaced Kirchin on bass in 1965 and Roger Chapman joined the following year on vocals. The American record producer Kim Fowley suggested they call themselves "The Family" as they regularly wore double-breasted suits in performances, giving themselves a mafia appearance, a look they soon abandoned in favour a more casual dress code. They played the famous Marquee Club regularly and other London clubs including The Hundred Club and the famous Sybilla's in Swallow Street where they met Henrietta Guinness who introduced them into society. On meeting Mim Scala who they had known before, Scala asked if there was anything he could do for them. Because they were looking for material at the time, and probably a producer, Ovenall asked Scala if he could arrange for Jimmy Miller to produce the first single which he duly did. Scala also introduced them to John Gilbert, who from then on took over managing the band. Thanks to Miller, Steve Winwood and other members of Traffic participated in the recording. Shortly after the recording and before the release, Ovenall voiced his concern over the movement away from their black musical roots i.e. blues, R&B, soul. In fact around 1965 The Farinas had publicity cards saying "Farinas Soul and Roll". The single seemed to be going towards psychedelia, emphasised by the use of a phono fiddle borrowed from an Oxford Street busker, and played by Ric Grech. His concerns also included the role of management in the band. A meeting of the band was called, during which it was suggested that Ovenall's heart was no longer in the band and as a consequence he walked away from the band. Contrary to several reports he was not asked to leave the band. Family's debut single "Scene Through The Eye of a Lens/Gypsy Woman", produced by Jimmy Miller and released by Liberty Records in October 1967, was not a success. Drummer Ovenall was replaced by Rob Townsend.The band signed with the Reprise Records label (the first UK band signed directly to UK and US Reprise) and their debut album Music in a Doll's House, was recorded during early 1968. Miller was originally slated to produce it but he was tied up with production of The Rolling Stones' album Beggar's Banquet and he is credited as co-producer on only two tracks, "The Breeze" and "Peace of Mind". The bulk of the album was produced by former Traffic member Dave Mason, and recorded at London's Olympic Studios with engineers Eddie Kramer and George Chkiantz. Mason also contributed one composition to the album, "Never Like This", the only song recorded by Family not written by a band member, and the group also backed Mason on the b-side of his February 1968 single "Just For You". Alongside Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, The Move and The Nice, Family quickly became one of the premier attractions on the burgeoning UK psychedelic/progressive "underground" scene. Their lifestyle and exploits during this period provided some of the inspiration for the 1969 novel, Groupie, by Jenny Fabian (who lived in the group's Chelsea house for some time) and Johnny Byrne. Family featured in the book under the pseudonym, 'Relation'.
Music in a Doll's House was released in July 1968 and charted at No. 35 in the UK to critical acclaim, thanks to strong support from BBC Radio 1's John Peel. Now widely acknowledged as a classic of British psychedelic rock, it showcased many of the stylistic and production features that are archetypal of the genre. The album's highly original sound was characterised by Chapman's vocals, rooted in the blues and R&B, combined with several unusual instruments for a rock band, courtesy of the presence of multi-instrumentalists Grech and King, including saxophones, violin, cello and harmonica.
Family's 1969 follow-up, Family Entertainment, toned down the psychedelic experimentation of their previous offering to some extent, reaching No. 6 in the UK Albums Chart, and featured the single "The Weaver's Answer", although the group reportedly had no control over the mixing and choice of tracks, or the running order of the songs.
With the UK success of Family's first two albums, the band undertook a tour of the United States in April 1969, but it was beset by problems. Halfway through the tour, Grech unexpectedly left the band to join the new supergroup Blind Faith; on the recommendation of tour manager Peter Grant, Grech was replaced by John Weider, previously of Eric Burdon and The Animals. A further setback occurred during their first concert at Bill Graham's Fillmore East, whilst sharing the bill with Ten Years After and The Nice – during his stage routine, Chapman lost control of his microphone stand, which flew in Graham's direction, an act Graham took to be deliberate; Chapman performed the following shows with his hands by his sides, and by the end of the tour he had lost his voice; Family's reputation in the US never recovered and they ultimately never achieved great recognition there.
Returning to the UK, the band performed at The Rolling Stones' Hyde Park gig and the Isle of Wight Festival that summer. In late 1969, Jim King was asked to leave Family due to "erratic behaviour" and was replaced by multi-instrumentalist John "Poli" Palmer.
Later years (1970–1973)
In 1970, Family played a few more gigs in the United States, appearing in San Francisco and Boston. In early 1970, Family released their third studio album, A Song for Me; produced by the band, it became the highest charting album the band released, reaching No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. The album itself was a blend of hard rock and folk rock. Family's new line-up played at major rock festivals that summer, including the Kralingen Music Festival in the Netherlands and the Isle of Wight Festival for the second year in a row. The band appeared in the documentary film Message to Love about the latter festival.Family's follow up album Anyway, released in late 1970, had its first half consist of new material recorded live at Fairfield Hall in Croydon, England, with the second half a set of new songs recorded in the studio, and reached No. 7 on the UK chart. In March 1971 the compilation album, Old Songs New Songs, (which contained remixes and rare tracks) was released, but in June Weider left Family to join Stud. He was replaced by former Mogul Thrash bassist John Wetton, who had just declined an invitation from Robert Fripp to join King Crimson.
As with Grech in Family's original line-up, Wetton also shared vocal duties with Chapman, and this line-up soon released Family's highest-charting single "In My Own Time/Seasons" which reached No. 4, and the album Fearless in October 1971, which charted in both the UK and the US. In 1972, another album, Bandstand was released, which leaned more towards hard rock than art rock, featuring the singles "Burlesque" in late 1972, and "My Friend the Sun", which was released in early 1973.
In mid-1972, John Wetton left Family to join a new line-up of King Crimson and was replaced by bassist Jim Cregan, and at the end of that year John "Poli" Palmer also left the band and was replaced by keyboardist Tony Ashton, previously of Ashton, Gardner and Dyke. After Wetton's departure (but before Palmer's exit) Family toured the United States and Canada as the support act for Elton John, but their performances were often greeted with silence and Poli Palmer later recalled that "the only clapping in this huge stadium would be the guys doing the PA".
In 1973, Family released the largely ignored It's Only a Movie (and on their own label, Raft, distributed by Warner/Reprise), which would be their last studio album, followed by another tour.
Family gave their final concert at Leicester Polytechnic on 13 October 1973. Many of its members went on to different musical projects; Roger Chapman and John "Charlie" Whitney formed the band Streetwalkers; John Wetton played with King Crimson and eventually became the lead singer of the band Asia. Rob Townsend was a member of Medicine Head between 1973 and 1975. He is now a member of The Blues Band since 1979 and of The Manfreds since 1991. Ric Grech died of kidney and liver failure in 1990 at the age of 43, as a result of alcoholism. Tony Ashton died in 2001 at the age of 55 of cancer. Sadly, Jim King died on 6 February 2012 in Middlewich, Cheshire.
Reunion performances (2013-present)
In September 2012 the band announced a one-off reunion gig on 2 February 2013 at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London featuring Roger Chapman, Poli Palmer, Rob Townsend and Jim Cregan Demand for tickets was so great that an extra show was scheduled for the previous night, Friday 1 February, and an expanded version of the band (also featuring Chapman's regular back-up musicians Paul Hirsh, John Lingwood, Nick Payn, Gary Twigg and Geoff Whitehorn, billed as "The In Laws") played to sell-out audiences. The setlist on both nights comprised: Top of the Hill, Drowned in Wine, Holding the Compass, Part of the Load, Ready to Go, Crinkly Grin, Burning Bridges, No Mule's Fool, Sat'dy Barfly, Between Blue and Me, Hung Up Down, Burlesque, In My Own Time. Encore 1: Weaver's Answer; Encore 2: My Friend the Sun, Sweet Desiree. Roger Chapman paid warm tributes to absent band members Rick Grech, Tony Ashton, Jim King, John Weider, John Wetton and Charlie Whitney during the band's performance.Family performed at the Rockin' the Park Festival at Clumber Park in Notts on 16 August 2013.
The limited edition Family box set, Once Upon a Time, won the Storm Thorgerson Grand Design award at the 2013 Progressive Music Awards.
Family again played gigs in the UK in 2014 and 2015, and are scheduled to appear at festivals in England and Italy in 2016, as well as two gigs in London in December 2016, which will be the band's last ever shows.
Music
Family's sound was distinguished by several factors. The vocals of Roger Chapman, described as a "bleating vibrato" and an "electric goat", were considered unique, although Chapman was trying to emulate the voices of R&B and soul singers Little Richard and Ray Charles, with some reviewers noting however that Chapman's voice could be grating and irritating occasionally. John "Charlie" Whitney was an accomplished and innovative guitarist, and Family's often complex song arrangements were made possible through having multi-instrumentalists like Ric Grech and Jim King in the band and access to keyboards such as the Hammond organ and the new Mellotron. The band's sound has been variously described as progressive rock, psychedelic rock, acid rock, folk rock, jazz fusion, not to mention "British art rock," and hard rock.Family were particularly known for their live performances; one reviewer describing the band as "one of the wildest, most innovative groups of the underground rock scene", noting that they produced "some of the rawest, most intense performances on stage in rock history" and "that the Jimi Hendrix Experience were afraid to follow them at festivals".
Family was an influence on Jethro Tull, with Ian Anderson noting that the band were particularly under-rated. Both in his vocal sound and style and his dramatic stage presentation, Chapman was also a strong early influence on Peter Gabriel.
Personnel
Members
- Current members
- Roger Chapman – vocals, harmonica, tenor saxophone, percussion (1966–1973, 2013-present)
- Rob Townsend – drums, percussion (1967–1973, 2013-present)
- John "Poli" Palmer – keyboards, flute, vibraphone, synthesisers (1969–1972, 2013-present)
- Jim Cregan – bass, guitars (1972–1973, 2013-present)
- Former members
- John "Charlie" Whitney – guitars, sitar, keyboards (1966–1973)
- Jim King – saxophones, harmonica, tin whistle, piano, vocals (1966–1969; died 2012)
- Ric Grech – bass, violin, cello, vocals (1966–1969; died 1990)
- Harry Ovenall – drums, percussion (1966–1967)
- John Weider – bass, guitar, violin (1969–1971)
- John Wetton – bass, guitar, vocals (1971–1972)
- Tony Ashton – keyboards, accordion, mellotron, vocals (1972–1973; died 2001)
Session musicians
- Dave Mason – mellotron (on Music in a Doll's House)
- Nicky Hopkins – keyboards (on Family Entertainment)
- Geoff Whitehorn – guitar (2013)
- John Lingwood – drums, percussion (2013)
- Gary Twigg – bass (2013)
- Paul Hirsh – keyboards (2013)
- Nick Payn – sax, harmonica (2013)
Producers
- John Gilbert – Music in a Doll's House and Family Entertainment (executive producer)
- Dave Mason – Music in a Doll's House
- Jimmy Miller – Music in a Doll's House
- Glyn Johns – Family Entertainment
- George Chkiantz – A Song for Me, Anyway, Fearless, Bandstand, It's Only a Movie
Artista: Family
Album: Music in a Doll's House
Data di uscita: 1968
FAMILY
"Hey Mr. Policeman"
"Hey Mr. Policeman"
Can I see her one time, before I make jail
I cared for that woman, I cared for that woman
Cared for that woman, cared for that woman
The things I don't tell
Hey there, driver, wait for me here
Don't stop the engine, keep out of gear
Last time I see her, the last time I see her
Last time I see her, last time I see her
In many a year
Hey there, woman, seen me last time
Don't care a nickel, don't give a dime
I cared for you, woman, I cared for you, woman
I cared for you, woman, cared for you, woman
You call it a crime
Artista: Family
Album: Bandstand
Data di uscita: 1972
A dusty day in this old town
A hazy yellow eye looks down
A buzzing bee's the only lazy sound
I take grass, he hits the hay
The two of us drift through the day
A butterfly, a sigh, and it's flick away
Know we're lazy, lots of people say so
But one day they're gonna see
We're only doing whatever makes us happy
We're sitting here, me and mule
We make our own rules, and it's cool
I know I'm lazy, lots of people say so
But one day they're gonna see
We're only doing whatever makes us happy
We're sitting here, me and mule
We're nobody's fool, and it's cool
Close my eyes, yeah I feel alright
Yeah, must be close to 95
Got my shade from a good old hat made of hide
One more day in God's good sun
And we won't move for anyone
Spend your lazy days and ways just turning on
I'm looking down, there's my old mule
A stubborn nag, but no, no one's fool
He's my only friend and he's cool
My old mule, nobody's fool
A hazy yellow eye looks down
A buzzing bee's the only lazy sound
I take grass, he hits the hay
The two of us drift through the day
A butterfly, a sigh, and it's flick away
Know we're lazy, lots of people say so
But one day they're gonna see
We're only doing whatever makes us happy
We're sitting here, me and mule
We make our own rules, and it's cool
I know I'm lazy, lots of people say so
But one day they're gonna see
We're only doing whatever makes us happy
We're sitting here, me and mule
We're nobody's fool, and it's cool
Close my eyes, yeah I feel alright
Yeah, must be close to 95
Got my shade from a good old hat made of hide
One more day in God's good sun
And we won't move for anyone
Spend your lazy days and ways just turning on
I'm looking down, there's my old mule
A stubborn nag, but no, no one's fool
He's my only friend and he's cool
My old mule, nobody's fool
Artista: Family
Album: Family Entertainment
Data di uscita: 1969
Weaver of life, let me look and see
The pattern of my life gone by,
Shown on your tapestry.
Just for one second, one glance upon your loom
The flower of my childhood could appear within this room
Does it of my youth show, tears of yesterday?
Broken hearts, within a heart, as love first came my way.
Do the lifeline patterns change as I became a man
An added aura untold blend as I asked for her hand.
Did your golden needle sew it, thread virginial white
As long as we embrace as one upon our wedding night.
Did you capture all the joys the birth of our first son?
The happiness of family made a brother for the one.
The growing of the brothers, the manliness that grew
is it there in detail? Is it their to view?
Do the sparks of life grow bright as one by one they wed?
To live as fathers, husbands, apart from lives they've led.
Are my lover's threads cut off when aged she laid to rest
My sorrow blacking out a space upon thy woven crest
A gathering for the last time as her coffin slowly lain
Ash to ashes, dust to dust, one day we will regain.
Does it show, does it swipe, grandchildren on my knee
But only hearing laughter when age took my sight from me.
Lastly through these last few years of loneliness maybe
Does it by sight a shooting star fade from your tapestry.
Wait there in the distance, over your loom I think I see
Could it be that after all my prayers you've answered me?
After days of wondering I see the reason why.
You kept it to this minute, for I'm about to die.
Weaver of life,
At last now I can see
The patterns of my life gone by, shown on your tapestry.
Songwriters
J. WHITNEY, R. CHAPMAN
Rolling and tumbling ain't done me no harm
Gonna boogie my night all away
Rita and Greta been twisting my arm into
Heading out west
Down to the Burlesque
Saving my ace through to you
Well, drinking and sinking, I'm feeling alright
Right down to my snakey spat shoes
Just about shutdown and three in the night
Because I'm heading out west
Down to the Burlesque
Show 'em a moon at the door
We got to show the Burlesque
Rolling, tumbling
Sure ain't done me no harm
Drinking, sinking
Just been too bad on my arm
Well I finally lost Rita and Greta went home
I guess that leaves just me and you
Been kinda sneaky to get you alone
Oh but you in that dress
Destination Burlesque
I got all my cards in one shoe
I got all my cards in one
Rolling, tumbling
Sure ain't done me no harm
Drinking, sinking
Just been too bad on my arm
Well I finally lost Rita and Greta went home
I guess that leaves just me and you
Been kinda sneaky to get you alone
Oh but you in that dress
Destination Burlesque
I got all my cards in one shoe
Songwriters
Chapman, Roger Maxwell / Whitney, John Richard
Rolling and tumbling ain't done me no harm
Gonna boogie my night all away
Rita and Greta been twisting my arm into
Heading out west
Down to the Burlesque
Saving my ace through to you
Well, drinking and sinking, I'm feeling alright
Right down to my snakey spat shoes
Just about shutdown and three in the night
Because I'm heading out west
Down to the Burlesque
Show 'em a moon at the door
We got to show the Burlesque
Rolling, tumbling
Sure ain't done me no harm
Drinking, sinking
Just been too bad on my arm
Well I finally lost Rita and Greta went home
I guess that leaves just me and you
Been kinda sneaky to get you alone
Oh but you in that dress
Destination Burlesque
I got all my cards in one shoe
I got all my cards in one
Rolling, tumbling
Sure ain't done me no harm
Drinking, sinking
Just been too bad on my arm
Well I finally lost Rita and Greta went home
I guess that leaves just me and you
Been kinda sneaky to get you alone
Oh but you in that dress
Destination Burlesque
I got all my cards in one shoe
Songwriters
Chapman, Roger Maxwell / Whitney, John Richard
The pattern of my life gone by,
Shown on your tapestry.
Just for one second, one glance upon your loom
The flower of my childhood could appear within this room
Does it of my youth show, tears of yesterday?
Broken hearts, within a heart, as love first came my way.
Do the lifeline patterns change as I became a man
An added aura untold blend as I asked for her hand.
Did your golden needle sew it, thread virginial white
As long as we embrace as one upon our wedding night.
Did you capture all the joys the birth of our first son?
The happiness of family made a brother for the one.
The growing of the brothers, the manliness that grew
is it there in detail? Is it their to view?
Do the sparks of life grow bright as one by one they wed?
To live as fathers, husbands, apart from lives they've led.
Are my lover's threads cut off when aged she laid to rest
My sorrow blacking out a space upon thy woven crest
A gathering for the last time as her coffin slowly lain
Ash to ashes, dust to dust, one day we will regain.
Does it show, does it swipe, grandchildren on my knee
But only hearing laughter when age took my sight from me.
Lastly through these last few years of loneliness maybe
Does it by sight a shooting star fade from your tapestry.
Wait there in the distance, over your loom I think I see
Could it be that after all my prayers you've answered me?
After days of wondering I see the reason why.
You kept it to this minute, for I'm about to die.
Weaver of life,
At last now I can see
The patterns of my life gone by, shown on your tapestry.
Songwriters
J. WHITNEY, R. CHAPMAN
Artista: Family
Album: Anyway
Data di uscita: 1970
J. Whitney / R. Chapman
Lay down easy, stars in my eyes
Try not telling too many lies
Wake up feeling, not foolish or wise
And life goes with me, no matter what size
Now some seek Jesus, of flags they can wave
Won't touch nothing, unless it's been saved
But I say your neighbor deserves much more faith
Answer to yourself when you misbehave
You may think I'm wasting my time
Think what you think, you know I don't mind
But if I don't pick up what I choose to find
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
Mine is my freedom, you take I'll defy
Laugh till I'm tired, sing till I cry
Cause life is a moment you pass with a sigh
Never comes back sure as yesterday's by
You may think I'm wasting my time
Think what you think, you know I don't mind
But if I don't pick up what I choose to find
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
In my own time
In my own time
In my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
Lay down easy, stars in my eyes
Try not telling too many lies
Wake up feeling, not foolish or wise
And life goes with me, no matter what size
Now some seek Jesus, of flags they can wave
Won't touch nothing, unless it's been saved
But I say your neighbor deserves much more faith
Answer to yourself when you misbehave
You may think I'm wasting my time
Think what you think, you know I don't mind
But if I don't pick up what I choose to find
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
Mine is my freedom, you take I'll defy
Laugh till I'm tired, sing till I cry
Cause life is a moment you pass with a sigh
Never comes back sure as yesterday's by
You may think I'm wasting my time
Think what you think, you know I don't mind
But if I don't pick up what I choose to find
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
In my own time
In my own time
In my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
I'll be with you in my own time
Artista: Family
Album: Bandstand
Data di uscita: 1972
Rolling and tumbling ain't done me no harm
Gonna boogie my night all away
Rita and Greta been twisting my arm into
Heading out west
Down to the Burlesque
Saving my ace through to you
Well, drinking and sinking, I'm feeling alright
Right down to my snakey spat shoes
Just about shutdown and three in the night
Because I'm heading out west
Down to the Burlesque
Show 'em a moon at the door
We got to show the Burlesque
Rolling, tumbling
Sure ain't done me no harm
Drinking, sinking
Just been too bad on my arm
Well I finally lost Rita and Greta went home
I guess that leaves just me and you
Been kinda sneaky to get you alone
Oh but you in that dress
Destination Burlesque
I got all my cards in one shoe
I got all my cards in one
Rolling, tumbling
Sure ain't done me no harm
Drinking, sinking
Just been too bad on my arm
Well I finally lost Rita and Greta went home
I guess that leaves just me and you
Been kinda sneaky to get you alone
Oh but you in that dress
Destination Burlesque
I got all my cards in one shoe
Songwriters
Chapman, Roger Maxwell / Whitney, John Richard
Rolling and tumbling ain't done me no harm
Gonna boogie my night all away
Rita and Greta been twisting my arm into
Heading out west
Down to the Burlesque
Saving my ace through to you
Well, drinking and sinking, I'm feeling alright
Right down to my snakey spat shoes
Just about shutdown and three in the night
Because I'm heading out west
Down to the Burlesque
Show 'em a moon at the door
We got to show the Burlesque
Rolling, tumbling
Sure ain't done me no harm
Drinking, sinking
Just been too bad on my arm
Well I finally lost Rita and Greta went home
I guess that leaves just me and you
Been kinda sneaky to get you alone
Oh but you in that dress
Destination Burlesque
I got all my cards in one shoe
I got all my cards in one
Rolling, tumbling
Sure ain't done me no harm
Drinking, sinking
Just been too bad on my arm
Well I finally lost Rita and Greta went home
I guess that leaves just me and you
Been kinda sneaky to get you alone
Oh but you in that dress
Destination Burlesque
I got all my cards in one shoe
Songwriters
Chapman, Roger Maxwell / Whitney, John Richard
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