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[Chorus]
ADEDA
Bettie Bettie where can you be? I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine,
ADEDA
Bettie Bettie don't you understand? If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.
[Verse 1]
AD
You came to New York City back in Jack and Neil's day,
EDA
All the lights of old Time Square they flickered on the great white wave,
AD
Straight from Tennessee and in the rarest beauty form,
EDA
You walked before the car and caused a nationwide storm.
[verse 2]
AD
Oh, Pappy he remembered you from 1952,
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All the boys down at the pool hall had a calendar or two,
AD
Forty odd years later your still up and goin' strong,
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But I can't help wonderin' just where it is you've gone.
[Chorus]
ADEDA
Bettie Bettie where can you be? I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine,
ADEDA
Bettie Bettie don't you understand? If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.
[Interlude]
ADEAADEA
[Verse 3]
AD
Now all the boys at boot camp had your picture on their wall,
EDA
Thousands others saw you at their bachelor party brawl,
AD
But they don't see you smile like I do shining in my dreams,
EDA
That jungle mistress, dark Madonna, leather movie queen.
[Chorus]
ADEDA
Bettie Bettie where can you be? I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine,
ADEDA
Bettie Bettie don't you understand? If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.
[Interlude]
ADEAADEA
[Verse 4]
AD
Well, now Brigitte Bardot, Julie NewmaR, Mary and Fay Ray,
EDA
And Mr. Vargas pictures made me what I am today,
AD
But if I could see you one more time and not lose all my nerve,
EDA
I'd gladly give the greatest of them all what she deserves.
[Chorus]
ADEDA
Bettie Bettie where can you be? I ain't seen the likes of you in Hustler magazine,
ADEDA
Bettie Bettie don't you understand? If I had been taught by you I'd be a different man.