Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers

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Bird Dog:The Everly Brothers.
#1 in 1958.

INTRO:    ...   

#1.

Johnny is a jo

ker [he's a bi

rd.]

A very funny joker [he's a bird.]
    
But when he jo

kes my Honey [

he's a dog.]
    
His jokin' ain

't so funny [w

hat a dog.]
            
Johnny is a jo

           
ker that's a't

ryin' to steal

 my Baby
             
[he's a bird d

          
og.] 

#2.

Johnny sings a

 love song [li

ke a bird.]

He sings the sweetest love song [you ever heard.]
    
But when he si

ngs to my gal 

[what a howl.]
   
To me he's jus

t a wolf dog [

on the prowl.]
            
Johnny wants t

              
o fly away and

 
 puppy-love my

 baby 
             
[he's a bird d

         
og.] 

CHORUS:

Hey, bird dog 

get away from 

my quail.

Hey, bird dog 

you're on the 

wrong trail.
            
Bird dog, you 

              
better leave m

             
y lovey-dove a

      /////
lone. 

Hey, bird dog 

get away from 

my chick.

Hey, bird dog 

you better get

 away quick.
            
Bird dog you b

             
etter find a C

              
hicken-Little 

              
of your own. 

#3.

Johnny kissed 

the teacher [h

e's a bird.]

He tiptoed up to reach her [he's a bird.]
      
Well, he's the

 teacher's pet

 now [he's a d

og.]

What he wants 

he gets, now [

what a dog.]
            
He even made t

              
he teacher let

     
 him sit next 
              
to my baby [he

             
's a bird dog.

     
] 

CHORUS:

Hey, bird dog 

get away from 

my quail.

Hey, bird dog 

you're on the 

wrong trail.
            
Bird dog, you 

              
better leave m

             
y lovey-dove a

       /////
lone. 

Hey, bird dog 

get away from 

my chick.

Hey, bird dog 

you better get

 away quick.
            
Bird dog you b

             
etter find a C

              
hicken-Little 

        
of your own. 

OUTRO:
         
.........He's 

          
a bird........

#             
...he's a dog.

   
.(Fade.)


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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