White Honey lyrics

Song information

Artist: Graham Parker
Album: Howlin Wind

Lyrics

Intro c f c f c f c f c f c f

C g f g

C f c f c f c f
White honey get it from the candy man
C f c f c f c f
White honey yeah any time I think I can
G c
You wake up early in the morning
G c
A-playing on the clarinet
G c
Whole town down when the man comes around
F g
And no one pays their rent it's all spent on
C f c f c f c f
White honey get it from the candy man
C f c f c f c f
White honey yeah any time I think I can
G c
She's come and laid on a sample
G c
A little sweet white honey bee
G c
Tastes so good that the whole town stood
F g
And stared and looked at me they all see the
C f c f c f c f
White honey get it from the candy man
C f c f c f c f
White honey eee any time I think I can

C'mon and (scat to chorus and the chords as in intro)
Sax break and repeat c g f g as in intro
G c
But now I ain't wanna criticise
G c
But let me tell you what I found
G c
Since they took away the record machine
F g
White honey don't come around. get down!
C f c f c f c f
White honey get it from the candy man oh oh oh oh oh
C f c f c f c f
White honey-ee any time I think I can
C f c f
Said honey what you doing what you doing what you doing
C f c f
What you're doing downtown tell me baby
C f c f
Honey what you do what you do what you doing
C f c f
You're trying to make me look like a clown
C f c f
I said hit white honey when the chips are down
C f c f
I'm gonna taste white honey when ain't no one around
C f c f c f
I said honey honey honey honey honey honey honey honey yeah
C f c f
Wah wah wah I said bop do do do do do bop do do do do do
C f c f c f
Bop do do do do do bop do do do do do bop do do do do do
C f c f c f c g f g
Bop do do do do do bop do do do do do bop yeah yeah
C f c f c f c g f g
White honey white white honey honey white now yeah yeah

Fade on variations of the above

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

"Howlin Wind" album track list