Loudon Wainwright III – What Gives (Guitar)

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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.