| PINK PEG SLACKS (Eddie & Hank Cochran - J.Capehart) EDDIE COCHRAN (Recorded 1955) I went down town last night, gonna dig a show When I passed a display window of a big department store Well I looked inside this window Man, all filled up with racks And down there near the bottom was a crazy pair of slacks I gotta have 'em, yeah-well I need 'em for this cat Well-well yeah how can I go cattin' Without crazy pink peg slacks Well I walked up to a salesman, I said mister I'm flat broke But I gotta have them pink slacks He said, man is this a joke? Well I asked him how much money He said, add up four and eight He said, man them pants is crazy Them's pink, rayon acetate I gotta have 'em, yeah-well I need 'em for this cat Well-yeah how can I go cattin' without crazy pink peg slacks Well I went to see my baby, asked her for some dough Said well you know I love you honey What you need this money for? Well I told her about them peggers, I found across down town Got a sawbuck from her daddy Yeah and I turned my Ford around I gotta have 'em, yeah-well I need 'em for this cat Well-yeah how can I go cattin' without crazy pink peg slacks I saved my Ford into a stop, rushed into the store I said man I got a sawbuck, he said you need two bucks more I said, man can' t I charge it? He said, man we don't get these things for free I said, mister you just don't realize What these pink peggers mean to me |
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