Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Benny The Bouncer (Guitar)

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Benny was the bouncer at the Palais de Dance

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He'd slash your granny's face up given half a  chance

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He'd sell you back the pieces, all for less than half a quid

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He thought he was the meanest

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Until he met with Savage Sid

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Now Sidney was a greaser with some nasty roots

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He poured a pint of Guinness over Benny's boots

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Benny looked at Sidney

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Sidney stared right back in his eye

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Sidney chose a switchblade

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And Benny got a cold meat pie

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Oh! what a terrible sight

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Much to the people's delight

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    One hell of a fight

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Sidney grabbed an 'atchet, buried it in Benny's head

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The people gasped as he bled

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The end of a Ted?

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Well, they dragged him from the wreckage of the Palais in bits

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They tried to stick together all the bits that would fit

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But some of him was missing

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And part of him arrived too late

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So now he works for Jesus

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As the bouncer at St. Peter's Gate