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Dizzy Gillespie
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I was at the bar with my drinkin team,
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It was me Jack Daniels and my homey Jim Bean.
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We were kinda blitzed and we were trying to behave Y'all
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when in walked a soldier he was from the fuzzy naval.
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We were fallin, stumblin, crawlin
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her come da police, Captain Tom Collins,
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and the rapper said freeze
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he said "hands in the air and hand over your keys"
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now we did, and that was kinda simple,
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now here came Marguarita and her friend Shirley Temple.
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I asked my friend 'bout Marguarita,
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he said Shirley was a virgin an I wouldn't wanna meet her.
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So I talked to Marguarita, cause yoh, she was flyer.
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I took her to the coast cause I wanted to Screw Driver.
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Now Im not one for a speech,
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but there was plenty of Tequila and Sex On The Beach, Y'all.
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Tequila
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Te-Te-Te - Tequila
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Tequila
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Here we go again and Im not fussin,
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see I'm a French Mexican but I can get with White Russians,
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at the bar with a drink in my hand.
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In walked Jose Cuervo what was marguaritas man.
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I talked to the wise man cause, yoh he's distinguished.
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His name was St. Ives and he spoke in old english.
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He said "you'd better think fast,
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cause Jose is kinda crazy and I heard he Shot Glass".
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He gave me some advice and it went like this:
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"catch the night train and head up to 'cisco"
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I didn't wanna stick around,
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I caught the 1:51 to New York, the Grey Hound.
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Now I'm at the Red Zone, everybody's stylin'.
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Was sippin Ice Teas on Long Island.
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I blacked out and the party came to a halt,
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cause I was drinking the Tequila with the lemon assault Y'all
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Tequila
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Te-Te-Te - Tequila
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Tequila
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I woke up in the morning and felt like a Zombie,
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the Tequila Gold Label had bombed me.
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You see I woke up late and wasn't feelin' so great,
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And Mike said there's a Bicardi party startin' at eight.
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Yo we walked in the party and started playin our games,
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we played tops, fuzzy quarters, with Bartles & James.
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Here came Shirley Temple and they told me to chill,
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because the Mickey Brothers took her up to strawberry hill.
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They took her $1000 mink and she could barely think,
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cause the Tequila that she drank had her tickled pink.
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Now the music came on and I rocked the instrumental.
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There's a groupie named Mai Tai, a fly oriental.
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A groupie is a girl that jocks,
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She wore the def Black Velvet and drank Scotch on the Rocks.
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We had a fake marriage, now here's to honeymoon,
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Ya zone vagabond and the Blue Lagoon.
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Now everybody take a word from the wise,
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A girly and a bottle, Tequila Sunrise.
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Tequila
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Tequila
Dizzy Gillespie Quintet-(Jazz 625) 1966.
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