(Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
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Benny was the bouncer at the Palais de Dance
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He'd slash your granny's face up given half a chance.
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He'd sell you back the pieces, all for less than half a quid
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He thought he was the meanest-
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Until he met with Savage Sid.
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Now Sidney was a greaser with some nasty roots
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He poured a pint of Guinness over Benny's boots
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Benny looked at Sidney:
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Sidney stared right back in his eye.
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Sidney chose a switchblade
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and Benny got a cold meat pie.
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Oh! what a terrible sight,
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Much to the people's delight.
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One hell of a fight.
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Sidney grabbed a hatchet, buried it.... in Benny's head.
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The people gasped as he bled:
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The end of a Ted?
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Well, they dragged him from the wreckage of the Palais in bits.
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They tried to stick together all the bits that would fit.
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But some of him was missing
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and "part of him" arrived too late,
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So now he works for Jesus
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As the bouncer at St. Peter's Gate.
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Benny The Bouncer
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| Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
