Eddie's Teddy

New Musical West End Orchestra

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(DR. SCOTT) From the day he was born,      he was trouble.      He was the thorn      in his mutter's side     She tried in vain. (NARRATOR) But he never caused her nothing but shame. (SCOTT)  He left home the day she died. From the day she was gone      All he wanted was rock and roll, porn,    und a motor bike Shooting up junk. (NARRATOR) He was a low-down, cheap little punk. (SCOTT) Taking everyone for a ride. (ALL)  When Eddie said he didn't like his teddy You knew he was a no good kid          When he threatened your life with a switch blade knife -- (FRANK)  What a guy. (JANET)  Makes you cry. (SCOTT)  Und I did. (COLUMBIA)  Everybody shoved him. I very nearly loved him. I said,  "Hey, listen to me. Stay sane inside insanity." But he locked the door and threw away the key. (SCOTT) But he must have been drawn    into something. Making him warn       me in a note which reads  (ALL) What's it say?  What's it say? (EDDIE) I'm out of my hed.    O, hurry or I may be dead. They mustn't carry out their evil deeds. (ALL)  When Eddie said he didn't like his teddy You knew he was a no good kid          When he threatened your life with a switch blade knife -- (FRANK)  What a guy. (JANET)  Makes you cry. (SCOTT)  Und I did. (ALL) Woe  woe.

Cette chanson raconte l'histoire d'Eddie, un jeune homme qui a toujours causé des ennuis. Sa mère, qui a souffert de ses actions, a tenté de l'éduquer, mais il ne lui a laissé que du désespoir avant de quitter la maison après sa mort. Eddie, en quête de sensations fortes, se perd dans le monde du rock, du matérialisme et de la drogue, adoptant une vie de débauche qui le mène à des comportements destructeurs, jouant souvent avec le danger. Le récit montre comment, malgré les avertissements et les tentatives d'aide de ceux qui l'entourent, Eddie s’enlise dans ses choix risqués, avec une mentalité qui le pousse à la déchéance. Le ton est à la fois sombre et ironique, soulignant les conséquences désastreuses de sa vie de rebelle.