Any news was good news
And the feeling was bad at home
I was out of mind and you

Were on the phone
Lonnie was the kingpin
Back in nineteen sixty-five

I was singing this song
When Lonnie came alive
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Bring back the Boston Rag
Tell all your buddies
That it ain't no drag

Bring back the Boston Rag

You were Lady Bayside

There was nothing that I could do
So I pointed my car down
Seventh Avenue

Lonnie swept the playroom
And he swallowed up all he found
It was forty-eight hours til

Lonnie came around

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