Bill Haley’s Last Works Songtext
von Ian Dury & the Blockheads

Alright, I′m calling you from Harlingen, Texas
I'm telling you, friend, that I′ve got a son named Scott Haley
Alright? You know all that, don't you, Jack?

We're gonna rock around the clock tonight
We′re gonna rock around the clock tonight
We′re gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight
I'm gonna have Captain Buddy Larimore, the Chief of Police call you
′Cause now I've got your number
But you don′t wanna listen, do you?


If a body digs a body, rocking through the rye
If a body digs a body, then they say "
Hey, I've got a lawyer in Philadelphia"
I′ve got several lawyers in Philadelphia
I've got all the things I'm valuable
You tell me about the six foot seven
Guy that owns my publishing company
Thirteen women, only one man around
There were thirteen women, only one man around
You tell me I didn′t have the biggest Mexican record in Mexico
Now you see I collect royalties from Mexico too, friend
′Cause I sing in the two languages

Everybody razzle dazzle
Everybody razzle dazzle
Everybody razzle dazzle
The whole night through
I'm gonna have Captain Buddy Larimore to call you
And if you want his phone number I′m not gonna give it to you
You call him and tell him what you just heard
And he's gonna ask you how you got his phone number
And you′re gonna be in jail

Hot dog, Buddy, Buddy
Hot dog, Buddy, Buddy
Hot dog, Buddy, Buddy
Hot dog all the time
Now you'll keep your mouth shut, won′t you?
'Cause I'm gonna give you a number in Miami Beach
And he′ll shut your mouth
I seem to carry a little more weight tonight than I did, don′t I?


He mambo, a mambo rock
He mambo, a mambo rock
He mambo, a mambo rock
Everybody doing the mambo rock
Now you hang on with me just a second on this toll free line
Goodbye, don't ever call me
You don′t have my number
I didn't give you any numbers
You cannot let Bill Haley say anything and keep his mouth shut
Now can I talk? And when I′m finished
Talking then you can open your mouth
I do remember Philadelphia
Where's Buddy Larimore? He′s in Sicily
So if you see him, let me talk and I wish you a merry Christmas

See you later, later
In a bar on the dock
See you later, later
In a bar on the dock