I Couldn t Spell @#$@$:Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs.
#120 on BB Hot 100 in 1968 on MGM Records.
INTRO:
SPOKEN:(Old skinny-legged thing..gonna send you back to
High-School.)
#1.
Drew a mustache on your picture..threw your ring away.
I d a wrote you a letter but I couldn t spell @#$@$..
and that s all I got to say..that s all I got to say.
#2.
When I found out you d been untrue..not a minute did I delay.
I d a wrote you a letter but I couldn t spell @#$@$..
and that s all I got to say..that s all I got to say.
BRIDGE:
I even went to where we used to go, outside of town.
I found the tree where we carved our names and chopped that
jive thing down.
#3.
I burned the tie you gimme..never dug it anyway.
I d a wrote you a letter but I couldn t spell @#$@$..
and that s all I got to say..that s all I got to say.
BRIDGE:
I m gonna do everything I can..to get even with you.
I started today, when I wrote your name down..in thirty-four
telephone booths.
#3.
I burned the tie you gimme..never dug it anyway.
I d a wrote you a letter but I couldn t spell @#$@$..
and that s all I got to say..that s all I got to say.
OUTRO:SPOKEN:
(Dirty rotten @#$%&*@# skinny-legged @!#$%&*+*&%$#@..)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
