What Gives.
Loudon Wainwright III.
Album: Social Studies.


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Paul McCartney & Ringo, just a fraction of the Fab Four,
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Some still survive from Dave Clark’s Five, 
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Washed up on the Mersey shore,
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Gerry has a pacemaker, the Hermits name is Herman,
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That old man Manfred Mann & the Animals merely vermin, oooh,

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Hank Junior sang with Senior, his Cheatin’ Heart grows cold,
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Just a few years back, Natalie and 
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Nat.. King Cole duetted and went gold,
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There’s a way to make it pay… though they’ve flown the coup,
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John Denver, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Holly, 
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Ricky Nelson, Otis Redding,In one super..group.


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Bring me the bones of Brian Jones, and 
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Joplin’s tinted glasses,
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Hendrix’s pick, Keith Moon’s drumstick and 
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A caftan of Mama Cass's

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Rock & Roll will never die, neither can her heroes,
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Just pick a figure, with three digits, 
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Then tack on about six zero’s,
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The Beatles are forever, it’s like John never got shot,
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Here’s what gives, Elvis lives, what in fact is not,
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Here’s what gives, Elvis lives, what is in fact is not…..
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That is all you need, that is all you need, that is all you need.