The Convention Song chords by "Big Jim"" Buchanan"
Verse 1
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Hey fellas, look who's here!
It's Big Jim Buchanan!
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Where you been, Big Jim? Me?
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Well, I been to a convention.
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Yeah, it was a doozy.
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Oh, what a time we had, yeah.
Just come back from Atlantic City.
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We all met there this year.
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At some parade,
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a big brass band
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was playing loud and clear.
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But we took the street signs down,
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and we switched them all around.
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I must confess, it was a mess.
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We saw March, as stiff as starch,
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right over the end of the pier.
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Laugh? I thought I'd die.
Life's so hard,
the tears come through my eyes.
Just havin' plain good -natured fun,
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not really hurtin' anyone,
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just a bunch of grown -up kids
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that's actin' wise.
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That was funnier than a pocket
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full of wet oysters.
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Remember that time in Dallas
and that real fat gal named Harriet?
Just for fun in the hotel lobby,
I roped her with my lariat.
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Recall, we spoke of what a pity it would be
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if some poor idiot would have to carry her,
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or worse, slug -marry her.
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Well, please don't speak.
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I've been married to her 15
years this week.
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Blah! I thought I died.
Life's so hard,
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the tears come to my eyes.
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Just havin' plain good nature fun,
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not really hurtin' anyone.
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Just a bunch of grown -up
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kids is actin' wise.
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Yes, there, that was really a time.
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Recall the time in Pittsburgh,
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and that clown named Charlie Black?
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How we scared them
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when we tied him to that aban
doned railroad track.
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Well, we had no way of knowing
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then they was using it again.
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No more conventions,
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just honorable mentions.
Cause Charlie, good old Charlie
ain't never coming back!
Ah! Lamb eyes all the time!
Ah!
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Lamb eyes, the tears come to mind.
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Lamb eyes, the tears come to mind!
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Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
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The Convention Song
"Big Jim"" Buchanan"
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