Thank you the news vendor, got the latest tips.
And the old man in the pool hall,
Well he’s still got the latest style.
And the bartender at Cookie’s
Gives you logical advice,
While the Swimming pool attendant,
Gives you that knowing smile.
You feel like that million dollars
That nobodies gonna give you.
And in a city with a million stories,
Your’s comes up one to three
And if only you’d told her you loved her,
If she’d only heard of Ray Charles
You wouldn’t be sitting here staring
Wondering what in the world to say.
She told me to meet her outside Joey’s
And the day had been hot and humid,
And the night had an individual flair.
We had a couple of cocktails
In some neon museum,
Full of apprentice has-beens
With freshly improvised styles.
So we got tin the car
And we drove across town
To a little pizzeria
Just off Wardour St.
Where the waiters all speak Italian
With South London accents
And if only you’d told her you loved her,
If she’d only heard of Ray Charles
You wouldn’t be sitting here staring
Wondering what in the world to say.
Tommy lives American dreams
In SE17
Tommy plays American scenes
In SE17
He’s never had a thing in this world
Except his nerve.
If she’d only heard of Ray Charles
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