Any news was good news
And the feeling was bad at home
I was out of mind and you
Were on the
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phone
Lonnie was the king pin
Back in nineteen sixty-five
I was singing this song
When Lonnie came a live
Bring back the Boston rag
Tell all your buddies
That it ain't no drag
Bring back the Boston rag
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2/4
You were lady bayside
There was nothing that I could do
So I pointed my car down
Seventh aven-
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-ue
Lonnie swept the playroom
And he swallowed up all he found
It was forty-eight hours til
Lonnie came a-
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round
Bring back the Boston rag
Tell all your buddies
That it ain't no drag
Bring back the Boston rag
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2/4
Am7 Ab7 Am7 Ab7 Am7 Ab7 Am7
Bring back the Boston rag
Tell all your buddies
That it ain't no drag
Bring back the Boston rag
Tell all your buddies
That it ain't no drag
Bring back the Boston rag
Tell all your buddies
That it ain't no drag
Repeat. . . .