Tony and Shirley

Tony and Shirley By the Sea Portuguese coast 40 foot waves water sprays…. Wind breakers brace Love for him Spread On her face… [Chorus] When I say run, run as fast as you can… run ‘til your safe I’ll protect you… I am your man… gypsy dark alley in old Lizbin… Uncle Tony fooled Aunt Shirley Again… retired plumber Portuguese immigrant in Jersey when he hung up his tools He moved back home Took his Mercedes Benz [Chorus] When I say run, run as fast as you can… run ‘til your safe I’ll protect you… I am your man… gypsy dark alley in old Lizbin… Uncle Tony fooled Aunt Shirley Again… He was a playful man with some wine in hand We drank in the streets Of old Lizbin flamenco in the bars gypsy music on the streets tried to marry me off to some Portuguese girls fell asleep in the cab my head was gone… [Chorus] When I say run, run as fast as you can… run ‘til your safe I’ll protect you… I am your man… gypsy dark alley in old Lizbin… Uncle Tony fooled Aunt Shirley Again… Woke up next morning To the fresh morning dew…. An old woman sat with her morning moonshine … offered me some I could not decline… We sat there in silence with only my Obrigado … centipedes on the walls Fig tree loomed looked up at the sky Said good bye to the moon…. [Chorus] When I say run, run as fast as you can… run ‘til your safe I’ll protect you… I am your man… gypsy dark alley in old Lizbin… Uncle Tony fooled Aunt Shirley Again… Had rabbit stew And young wine too chorizo and eggs plate big as my head Uncle Tony told us stories stories of his youth pranks he played On his Shirley in the night He said “we were walking in old Lizbin town I said Shirley don't turn around. There’s a gypsy behind us. 3 blocks with us now. I want you to run, run as fast as you can and don't look back. I’ll stay behind and fight him with my hands. She took off running, ran to the end of the block. Her love didn't let her leave him behind. She looked back, saw him laughing in stride…. Laughing so hard, had to hold his side…“ [Chorus] When I say run, run as fast as you can… run ‘til your safe I’ll protect you… I am your man… gypsy dark alley in old Lizbin… Uncle Tony fooled Aunt Shirley Again… Penguins waitin’ on a lonely farm Somewhere in upstate New York Transported in the back of the trunk By a young Portuguese immigrant Just off the boat… He smiled and laughed with his red wine cheeks Dirty old man jokes As the old man speaks… He looked at me With his blood shot eyes and said kid you're only 16…. and you’re full of shit… then he handed me a glass of wine grama gave me the evil eye… But I could not decline… He is gone now… But his stories live on… now i’ll lay back… and enjoy my wine one last cheers Smiling’ uncle of mine…. [Chorus] When I say run, run as fast as you can… run ‘til your safe I’ll protect you… I am your man… gypsy dark alley in old Lizbin… Uncle Tony fooled Aunt Shirley Again…