She was a woman of mystery

And what she wanted i could not see

A three-year trip on the dragon

Until the clinic had to get me clean

We were a party and always drunk

Before i knew it the wreckage sunk

Shake, trip, shimmy and we'd do the bump

Everybody swingin' to the brown derby jump



The beautiful life is always damned

You gotta fall into the quicksand

A deadly kiss from a temptress can serve

To make a truly wayward man

She's not a talker her teeth are fixed

But she's a looker that lives for kicks

A nightmare straight from an otto dix

Everybody swingin' with the brown derby chicks



I've come a long way and now i'm me

The darkest river that meets the sea

And all those lights on the harbor seem

To be sparklin' in bittersweet

I'm a survivor my heart is tough

I'm hangin' in there and that's enough

Shake, trip, shimmy and we'd do the bump

Everybody swingin' to the

Brown derby jump


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