PATRICIA THE STRIPPER
(Chris De Burgh)


Chris De Burgh - 1976



Dennis is a menace with his "Anyone for tennis?"
And beseeching me to come and keep the score
And Maud says, "Oh Lord, I'm so terribly bored"
I really can't stand it anymore

I'm going out to dinner, with a gorgeous singer
To a little place I've found down by the quay
Her name is Patricia, she calls herself Delicia
And the reason isn't very hard to see

She says God made her a sinner just to keep fat men thinner
As they tumble down in heaps before her feet
They hang around in groups like battle-weary troops
One can often see them queue right down the street
You see Patricia, or Delicia, not only is a singer
She also removes all her clothing
For Patricia is the best stripper in town

And with a swing of her hips she started to strip
To tremendous applause she took off her drawers
And with a lick of her lips she undid all the clips
Threw it all in the air, and everybody stared
And as the last piece of clothing fell to the floor
The police were bangin' on the door
On a Saturday night in nineteen-twenty-four
Take it away boys....

(Instrumental Break)

But poor Patricia was arrested and everyone detested
The manner in which she was exposed
Later on in court, well, everybody thought
A summer run in jail would be proposed
But the judge said, "Patricia, or may I say Delicia
The facts of this case lie before me
Case dismissed, this girl was in her working clothes!"

And with a swing of her hips she started to strip
To tremendous applause she took off her drawers
And with a lick of her lips she undid all her clips
Threw it all in the air, and everybody stared
And as the last piece of clothing fell to the floor
The police were yelling out for more
On a Saturday night in nineteen-twenty-four
On a Saturday night in nineteen-twenty-four
Oh Yeah!



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2019)