Who Are You(and What've You Done With My Girl)

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for up-temp Honky-T...Who Are You(and What've You Done With My Girl)Well, I climbed up Jan's willow treeshe pulled her window up for meI crawled in and knocked over a lampbusy hands got her shoulders baresuddenly her dad was standin' therecussin' words he musta learned in boot campshe said we were studyin' but she was fibbin'and I feared he was gonna rip me to ribbonswhen he screamed and said"who are you and what've you done with my girlwhat happened to her innocent curlsher Sunday clothes, bonnets n bows and strings of pearlsyeah, who are you and what've you done with my girl"we'd got back from our honeymoonand Jan stepped from the bathroommy jaw froze and I didn't know what to sayI was afraid to turn the lights outa metal retainer covered up her mouthshe wore a face mask made of hard white clayshe looked just like a spooky spectermaybe an alien or Hannibal Lecterso I laughed and said"who are you and what've you done with my girlwhat happened to her innocent curlsher Sunday clothes, bonnets n bows and strings of pearlsyeah, who are you and what've you done with my girl"but like a lotta guys I didn't realizeand spoke up way too soonwhen I get home from drillin' and riggin'I must look like the friggin'creature from the black lagoonso I apologized for comin' home grimy and sweatythe next night she met me at the door in a racy teddyand I smiled and said"who are you and what've you done with my girlwhat happened to her innocent curlsher Sunday clothes, bonnets n bows and strings of pearlsyeah, who are you and what've you done with my girl"(c)2007 Robert George