Tenement Funster

Album: Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
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  • My new purple shoes
    Been amazin' the people next door
    And my rock 'n roll forty fives
    Been enragin' the folks on the lower floor

    I got a way with the girls on my block
    Try my best to be a real individual
    And when we go down to smokies and rock
    They line up like it's some kind of ritual
    Oh give me a good guitar
    And you can say that my hair's a disgrace
    Or just find me an open car
    I'll make the speed of light outta this place

    I like the good things in life
    But most of the best things ain't free
    It's the same situation just cuts like a knife
    When you're young and you're poor and you're crazy
    Young and you're crazy...

    Oh give me a good guitar
    And you can say that my hair's a disgrace
    Or just find me an open car
    I'll make the speed of light outta this place Writer/s: ROGER MEDDOWS TAYLOR
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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