Cockamamie Business

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From: "Petteri Järvinen" 

 
Subject: Cocamamie Business by George Harrison
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:37:42 PST


                        COCAMAMIE BUSINESS
                        By George Harrison
                 Transcribed by Petteri Järvinen


        
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Bust my back on the Levy - broke my strings on the BBC
                                                                               

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Found my chops on Eel Pie Island - paid my dues at the Marquee
        
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Slagged off by the N.M.E. - lost my stash and my virginity
        
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In this Cockamamie Business

       
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Got my face on Ed Sullivan - broke my heart on the Soul Train
     
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Introduced to Bad Company - lost cells down at Brain Drain
      
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And before I could mend - lost the missus, missed the girlfriend
        
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In this Cockamamie Business

        
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Now we like to air condition - though the air has no ozone ring                     

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Still they're chopping down the forest for McDonalds and the Burger  

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King
       
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Eating cows with such persistance - doesn't offer much resistance
        
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To this Cockamamie Business

          
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There are too many things - stressing out the nervous system

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Girls you used to know - fellas that may have kissed'em
         
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Some got rabies - Some got fleas - some got incurable diseases
          
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>From this Cockamamie Business


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Everybody's after as many points as they can get
                    
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As long as it's not them that has to pay
       
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No one really minds the Debt
       
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5-Star actors, tax inspectors, film producers and directors
           
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With their Cockamamie Business

          
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Well you do what you can - can't do much more than that

(No you can't do what he just said)
     
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Some days you're pretty sharp - on other days you feel half dead

(While you make your daily bread)
       
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Didn't want to be a star - wanted just to play guitar
        
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In this Cockamamie Business



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