Cousin Kevin

Album: Tommy (1969)
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  • We're on our own, cousin
    All alone, cousin
    Let's think of a game to play
    Now the grown-ups have all gone away
    You won't be much fun
    Being blind, deaf and dumb
    But I've no-one to play with today
    Do you know how to play hide-and-seek?
    To find me it would take you a week
    But tied to that chair
    You won't go anywhere
    There's a lot I can do with a freak
    How would you feel if I
    Turned on the bath
    Ducked your head under
    And started to laugh?
    What would you do if I shut you outside
    To stand in the rain
    And catch cold so you died?

    I'm the school bully!
    The classroom cheat
    The nasty play friend
    You ever could meet
    I'll stick pins in your fingers
    And tread on your feet

    We're on our own, cousin
    All alone, cousin
    Let's think of a game to play
    Now the grown-ups have all gone away
    You won't be much fun
    Being blind, deaf and dumb
    But I've no-one to play with today
    Do you know how to play hide-and-seek?
    To find me it would take you a week
    But tied to that chair
    You won't go anywhere
    There's a lot I can do with a freak

    Maybe a cigarette burn on your arm
    Would change your expression
    To one of alarm
    I'll drag you around by a lock of your hair
    Or give you a push
    At the top of the stairs

    I'm the school bully!
    The classroom cheat
    The nasty play friend
    You ever could meet
    I'll put glass in your dinner
    And spikes in your seat Writer/s: JOHN ENTWISTLE
    Publisher: GOWMONK, INC.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Eli RosenIt's John and Pete, with some input from Roger in places.
  • Payton from St. Paul, MnCelemence from New York, it’s a 3 way harmony between Roger, Pete and John
  • Clemence from New YorkWho sings lead vocals on this? I can't make it out. Doesn't sound like Roger or Pete.
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