My Block:The Four Pennies.
#67 on BB Hot 100 on RUST Records
in 1963.
(They were really The Chiffons and had two hits
under the Pennies name..this one and When My Boy s Happy.
They abandoned the 4 Pennies name when He s So Fine hit big.)
INTRO: (x2)
Shang-A-lang-lang..shang-A-lang-lang..
#1.
I d be too ashamed to meet you..if you came to
my block (my block.)
So, when we had a date, I d meet you somewhere
in the heart of town.
And when you took me home we d go nowhere near
my block.
Cause I led you to believe that I lived in a
better part of town.
#2.
Would you still love me if you should ever see me
on my block?
(Shang-A-lang-lang..shang-A-lang-lang.)
The feeling that you feel would be lost among the
steel and stone.
(Shang-A-lang-lang..shang-A-lang-lang.)
You never see a flower grow..oh, no, not on my, my,
my, my block.
(aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh.)
And when the sun goes down a stranger shouldn t walk
alone.
(Shang-A-lang-lang..shang-A-lang-lang.)
(INTERLUDE:)
#3.
After work one night beneath the lamppost light on my
block (my block.)
(Shang-A-lang-lang..shang-A-lang-lang.)
You suddenly appeared and I feared the little game I
played was through.
(Shang-A-lang-lang..shang-A-lang-lang.)
But when you took my hand it was so grand walking down
my, my, my, my block.
(aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.)
Then right before my very eyes my block became a paradise
with you.
(Shang-A-lang-lang..shang-A-lang-lang.)
OUTRO:
Walk up to my house and step inside..it s my block (my block.)
No more, don t have nothing more to hide..it s my, my, my,
my block..
Angels started dancing in the street..on my block..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.