Lethal Dose

Danielle and I like to make each other’s skin crawl by doing “Eww! Remember this song?”

I did a blog back when on Gary Puckett and the Union Gap. Let me recap:

Man, these songs are SICK. If he were recording these today, he’d be arrested. It’s as if he read “Lolita” and made at least four songs out of it.

“Young Girl”

With all the charms of a woman
You’ve kept the secret of your youth
You led me to believe
You’re old enough
To give me Love
And now it hurts to know the truth, Oh,

Young girl get out of my mind
my love for you is way outta line
better run girl, your much too young girl

Beneath your perfume and make-up
You’re just a baby in disguise
And though you know
That it is wrong to be
Alone with me
That come on look is in your eyes, Oh,

Ok, so he keeps warning her: “Girl, You’ll be a Woman Soon.” In other words: then it’s too late - and your fault!

Then there’s the lovely, “This Girl is a Woman Now” - from the playground she learns her lesson and grows up fast. Courtesy of Gary. Read on and get nauseous:

This girl walked in dreams
Playing in a world of her own
This girl was a child
Existing in a playground of stone
Then one night her world was changed
Her life and dreams were rearanged
And she would never be the same again
This girl is a woman now, and she’s learning how to give
This girl is a woman now, she’s found out what it’s all about
And she’s learning, learning to live
This girl tasted love, as tender as the gentle dawn
She cried a single tear, A teardrop that was sweet and warm
Our hearts told us we were right
And on that sweet and velvet night
A child had died, a woman had been born

Disgusting!

damn, the vid’s on youtube but disabled. i hate when thy do that! well, here’s the link if you wanna look.

When he finally gets her, of course she cheats! “Woman, woman - have you got cheating on your mind?” Therefore giving him carte blanche to haunt playgrounds once again.

Tho my fave is the relatively clean, “Lady Willpower” … finally, she’s boss! I’m going to cover “Young Girl,” but change it around of course, Shangri-La’s style:

Beneath your leather and tattoos

You’re just a boyscout in disguise

Here’s Lady Willpower - great Ed Sullivan!

next up: Mac Davis and Dr. Hook. Break out the calamine lotion. My hives continue and I’m just tormenting myself.