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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Original West End Cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Original West End Cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Performer
Phil Nichol
Phil Nichol
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dan Gillespie Sells
Dan Gillespie Sells
Composer
Tom MacRae
Tom MacRae
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dan Gillespie Sells
Dan Gillespie Sells
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Once in a lifetime, there will rise a hero
Whose approaching footsteps
Will cause the earth to quake
Once in a lifetime
They'll baptize a hero
In the blood she left in her wake
The legend of Loco Chanel
[Verse 2]
I'll sing a story now of way out West
Of Madame Loco and the blood red dress
And of the man that didn't treat her right
You see that dress? Well, it started out white
[Verse 3]
She was the sweetest thing you'd ever seen
Raised on a cattle ranch in Southey Green
She was a beauty queen in '79
And spent her summers on the Greyhound Line
[Verse 4]
But she knew that every queen must have a crown
So she set off to a place called London Town
Where streets are paved with gold and lit with dreams
And magpies come to gather all that gleams
[Verse 5]
A simple girl, she never traveled far
But in her heart, there burned a superstar
She'd hit 'em hard and swore she'd give 'em hell
The legend of
[Verse 6]
Loco Chanel
[Verse 7]
She'd not a friend to count upon (Loco Chanel)
Until in Camden, met a man named John (Loco Chanel)
He liked her lipstick, and he loved her wig
He told her
[Verse 8]
"Babydoll, I'll make you big
Stick with me, kiddo, and the city's yours
The fame, the fortune, the perpetual applause"
[Verse 9]
She trusted Johny, so she spent the night
Who knew a wolf had such a charming bite?
[Verse 10]
But Johny was an agent, not a gent
And he took more than the usual ten percent
And though he promised Miss Chanel the earth
She soon discovered what his word was worth
[Verse 11]
On opening night, the audience was packed
When she caught him screwing with a younger act
In flagrante at the Finchley Hotel
The tragedy of
[Verse 12]
Loco Chanel
[Verse 13]
The seats were sold out to the last reserves
She said, "I need a drink to calm me nerves"
Then she saw Johny with his tie askew
Her look was loaded and her gun was too
[Verse 14]
"Here's to you, Johny, have a shot to start"
And then she smiled and shot him through the heart
Her dress was purest white till Johny bled
And turned her virgin gown to deepest red
[Verse 15]
She strolled onto the stage, a crimson queen
And killed the crowd by stealing every scene
And soon her fans were queuing round the block
To see the diva in the blood red frock
[Verse 16]
And that, my dear, is how the star shall rise
With ruby lips and murder in her eyes
Till one day, to avoid the prison cell
Miss Loco vanished like a magic spell
Oh, where she is now, no, I'll never tell
[Verse 17]
That's the legend of
Loco Chanel
Written by: Dan Gillespie Sells, Tom MacRae

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