Richard Thompson

Little blue number

Richard Thompson


My oh my, but you do look the killer 
Never mind the duds just look at that hat 
All that green chartreuse on the waistcoat 
How do you come by something like that? 

Where did you get that little blue number? 
How do you make those rhinestones shine? 
Do you go on the prowl while other folks slumber? 
Did you steal those things right off of the line? 
Hold your horses, that's something of mine 
That little blue number, little blue number 
Little blue number, little blue number 

Ice blue jacket, vent down the middle 
Shark-skin trimmings and all that jazz 
Real rabbit's foot on a two-tone tie pin 
Lots of good luck and razzamatazz 

Where did you get that little blue number? 
How do you squeeze into something like that? 
Is that the same one I was wearing last summer? 
I wish I was glad for you, but I'm sorry 
Did the whole thing fall off the back of a lorry? 
That little blue number, little blue number 
Little blue number, little blue number 

Tartan shirt with the button-down collar 
Velvet hat-band, crocodile shoes 
Diamond bracelets, houndstooth pockets 
Everybody saying "Here comes good news" 

Where did you get that little blue number? 
Rings a bell in the back of my mind 
You better come clean if you don't want to lumber 
I told you three times, you don't seem to get it 
That's my idea, you're taking the credit 
That little blue number, little blue number 
Little blue number, little blue number