Jilted John

Album: History of Punk (1978)
Charted: 4
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  • I've been going out with a girl,
    Her name is Julie
    But last night she said to me,
    When we were watching telly

    (This is what she said)

    She said listen John, I love you
    But there's this bloke, I fancy
    I don't want to two time you,
    So it's the end for you and me

    Who's this bloke I asked her
    Goooooordon, she replied
    Not THAT puff, I said dismayed
    Yes but he's no puff she cried

    (He's more of a man than you'll ever be)

    Here we go, two three four

    I was so upset that I cried,
    All the way to the chip shop

    When I came out there was Gordon,
    Standing at the bus stop

    (And guess who was with him? Yeah, Julie, and they were both laughing at me)

    Oh, she is cruel and heartless
    To pack me for Gordon
    Just 'cause he's better looking than me
    Just 'cause he's cool and trendy

    But I know he's a moron, Gordon is a moron
    Gordon is a moron, Gordon is a moron

    Here we go, two three four

    Oh she's a slag and he's a creep
    She's a tart, he's very cheap
    She is a slut, he thinks he's tough
    She is a bitch, he is a puff
    Yeah yeah, it's not fair
    Yeah yeah, it's not fair

    (I'm so upset)

    I'm so upset, I'm so upset, yeah yeah

    (I ought to smash his face in.)

    (Yeah, but he's bigger than me. In't he?)

    (I know, I'll get my mate Barry to hit him. He'd flatten him)

    (Yeah but Barry's a mate of Gordon's in'e?)

    (Oh well, I don't care)

    I don't care
    I don't care
    Cause she's a slag and he's a creep
    She's a tart, he's very cheap
    She is a slut, he thinks he's tough...... Publisher: MUSIC SALES CORPORATION
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Comments: 1

  • Zabadak from London, EnglandFor some reason, in the UK, EMI released this on their EMI International subsidiary label, normally reserved for non-British acts...
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