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The Beast of Ballyhoo (Rock Show)

from Don't Look Down, Pollyanna by Steve Forbert

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Recorded July 28, 2009

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THE BEAST OF BALLYHOO (ROCK SHOW)

Bought myself a ticket and I paid to park my Nissan, too;
Really can't afford it, but I'll do just to come hear you.
I know all your songs and all the words and what the songs all mean;
There's the trucks an' trailers and the buses of your road machine...

CHORUS:
Rock show, hope you never stop,
Rock show, way up at the top,
It's me, in section fifty three
And you, the Beast of Ballyhoo!
Tryna find my seat I stop to look at all your merchandise;
Punk girl walkin' by me says she's skippin' work to be here twice...

REPEAT CHORUS

You wear a gold satin jacket, but your tattoos show,
You've got a ring on ev'ry finger and your green eyes glow,
They call you beast and say you're crazy, but they just don't know,
You've been on top since you was twenty, so I don't think so!
There's your red Destroyer and your back-up singer's tambourine;
I'll catch ev'ry detail off your big high-definition screen.

REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS

© S. Forbert 2008
Heathercom Music, ASCAP

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from Don't Look Down, Pollyanna, released October 28, 2009
Steve Forbert: Acoustic guitar and vocals
Paul Errico: Keyboards
Bobby Lloyd Hicks: Drums
Steve Allen: Lead guitar
Neil Dirickson: Bass

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Steve Forbert

Folk-Rock, singer-songwriter. Romeo's Tune was his first major hit in 1979. Hometown: Meridian, Miss. Released 22 studio albums, including a Grammy-nominated tribute to fellow Meridian, Mississippi native, Jimmie Rodgers.

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