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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
L. Russell Brown
L. Russell Brown
Songwriter
Sandy Linzer
Sandy Linzer
Songwriter

Lyrics

Hey, hey, hey
I don't like these games people playing
Playing ball off the wall with my head
The man promised me a raise
I say who? Who's gonna raise me when I'm dead?
Oh, I'm so tired of punching that clock every day (Working every day)
Oh, base skating on thin ice
Lord knows we could use a holiday, baby
Just the two of us would be so nice
Give me the bon
Give me the bon bon
Give me the bon bon bon bon bon bon bon bon bon vie
Gimmie the good life, give it to me (give it to me)
Give me the bon bon bon bon bon bon bon bon bon vie
Oh, give me the good life
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah
We were born and raised in New York city
Fell in love in central park
I really love New York city
Still number one in my heart
Sometimes I feel like a stranger here
Used and abused and forgotten
Sometimes I feel like no one would really give a damn
If I drop dead right here on the spot
Say give me the bon (hey keep on)
Give me the bon bon
Give me the bon bon bon bon bon bon bon bon bon vie
Oh, give me the good life
Give me the bon bon bon bon bon bon bon bon bon vie
Oh, give me the good life
Whoa, oh, oh, oh
A-doo-duh-dit, doo-duh-di-do-do
A-doo-duh-dit, doo-duh-di-do-do
Let's go out, go on the town tonight, pretty baby
Dance 'til the sun comes up
We'll have Don Perignon 'til our minds are blown
And put our last dime in that blind man's cup, huh
Gimme the bon
Gimme the bon, bon
Gimme the bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon bon vie
Gimme the good life (Gimme the good life)
Gimme the bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon bon vie
Gimme the good life (Baby, whoa, baby)
Bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon bon vie (Yeah, say it again)
Gimme the good life (Good life, good life, yeah)
Bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon bon vie
Gimme the good life (I said give it to me, give it to me, yeah)
Bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon bon vie
Gimme the good life (Good life, yeah, yeah)
Bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon bon vie
Gimme the good life (Yeah, sing it to me)
Bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon, bon bon vie
Written by: L. Russell Brown, Sandy Linzer

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