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Expert: Lou Simon Date: 7/21/2008 Subject: song title needed
Question i remember some lyrics to this song but havn't been able to find it......."well me and Liz was on our first date.....i said what kinda deal is this?" the story is about a guy who jumps in the car with him and Liz .each of them thinking this guy is a friend of the other.
Answer Hi Lorraine,
"What Kinda Deal Is This" was a country hit in 1965 by Bill Carlisle, formerly of The Carlisles, a 50's country group. His single was a top 5 country record in the early winter months of '65 on the Hickory label. It went:
Now me and Liz
Was on our first date
We was sitting at this red light
Having to wait
And this old boy walked up
With a big possum grin
And he just opened the car door
And crawled right in
And I thought
What kinda deal is this
You know, the thing that
Was getting me the most
Was the way this old boy
Seemed to feel his oats
Man, he was really
Getting under my skin
Sitting over there
With that big stupid grin
And I thought
What kinda deal is this
I got to wondering
About this friend of Liz
But I figured any minute
She'll tell me who he is
But as we drove along
I thought, man, oh, man
'Cause me and him and Liz
Was all three holding hands
And I thought
What kinda deal is this
Now I ain't too smart
But I could still see
This whole deal looked
All fouled up to me
So I thought I'd better stop it
Man, it's going too far
'Cause she was a hugging me
And he was hugging her
And I thought
What kinda deal is this
Well, I knew it wasn't right
But what could I say
I thought I'd just kinda
Let it go along thataway
But pretty soon I seen
I was out on a limb
I couldn't kiss her
Without kissing him
And, man, I thought
What kinda deal is this
So I stopped the car
And I said lookie here, Liz
You'd better tell me
Who this guy is
She said, I don't know him
I thought he was your friend
I said, well, if you don't know him
What's he doing here then
I thought
What kinda deal is this
So I grabbed him by the collar
And I jerked him outta the car
I said, buddy, I ain't never
Seen nobody like you are
How come you pull these kinda jokes
He said, well, sometime it works
Sometime it don't
And I thought
What kinda deal is this
Well I drew back my fist
To hit him in the face
He broke loose
And outrun the snakes
So now here I stand
Just looking at Liz
And both of us wondering
Who this guy is
