What Gives
Loudon Wainwright III
Paul McCartney & Ringo just a fraction of the Fab Four Some still survive from Dave Clark?s Five Washed up on the Mersey shore Gerry has a pacemaker the Hermits name is Herman That old man Manfred Mann & the Animals merely vermin oooh Hank Junior sang with Senior his Cheatin? Heart grows cold Just a few years back Natalie and Nat.. King Cole duetted and went gold There?s a way to make it pay? though they?ve flown the coup John Denver Stevie Ray Vaughan Buddy Holly Ricky Nelson Otis ReddingIn one super..group. Bring me the bones of Brian Jones and Joplin?s tinted glasses Hendrix?s pick Keith Moon?s drumstick and A caftan of Mama Cass’s Rock & Roll will never die neither can her heroes Just pick a figure with three digits Then tack on about six zero?s The Beatles are forever it?s like John never got shot Here?s what gives Elvis lives what in fact is not Here?s what gives Elvis lives what is in fact is not?.. That is all you need that is all you need that is all you need.