Bettie Bettie

E A A D E D A Bettie Bettie where can you be? I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine, A D E D A Bettie Bettie don't you understand? If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man. A D You came to New York City back in Jack and Neil's day, E D A All the lights of old Time Square they flickered on the great white wave, A D Straight from Tennessee and in the rarest beauty form, E D A You walked before the car and caused a nationwide storm. A D Oh, Pappy he remembered you from 1952, E D A All the boys down at the pool hall had a calendar or two, A D Forty odd years later your still up and goin' strong, E D A But I can't help wonderin' just where it is you've gone. A D E D A Bettie Bettie where can you be? I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine, A D E D A Bettie Bettie don't you understand? If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man. A D E A A D E A A D Now all the boys at boot camp had your picture on their wall, E D A Thousands others saw you at their bachelor party brawl, A D But they don't see you smile like I do shining in my dreams, E D A That jungle mistress, dark Madonna, leather movie queen. A D E D A Bettie Bettie where can you be? I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine, A D E D A Bettie Bettie don't you understand? If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man. A D E A A D E A A D Well, now Brigitte Bardot, Julie NewmaR, Mary and Fay Ray, E D A And Mr. Vargas pictures made me what I am today, A D But if I could see you one more time and not lose all my nerve, E D A I'd gladly give the greatest of them all what she deserves. A D E D A Bettie Bettie where can you be? I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine, A D E D A Bettie Bettie don't you understand? If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.