Budgie and the Jets

Ja, I remember ou Budgie well

Didn't he and the Jets play there

At the Cumberland Hotel, on a Gallo guitar

And a homemade speaker box

Yoh, they were playing at the interval

At the 20th Century Fox

He played like Hank Marvin

And Duane Eddy and those ous

He sounded like the records

When he used his tremolo

If he didn't know the minor chord

He'd use a major one instead

And he'd go down on his knees

And play the guitar behind his head

Budgie, Budgie and the band, the jets

Coughed like cowboys from those cigarettes

Budgie a breker on his 50cc

He played Peter Gunn in the key of E

Now one night in the Boland

They held a battle of the bands

Budgie and the Jets were there

And a few of their fans

'Twas a helluva night you know as I recall

Because they nearly blew the roof off

Of the Eben Strydom Memorial Hall

Now Budgie played lead

Up on stage like a star

With Fanie on the bass

And Kokkie on rhythm guitar

I forget what the drummer's name was

But he was hitting that snare

He tattoos on his arms

He had Brylcreem in his hair

Budgie, Budgie and the band, the Jets

Coughed like cowboys from those cigarettes

Budgie a breker on his 50cc

He played Peter Gunn in the key of E

'Twas Budgie and the Jets that night

Well they walked off with the prize

In their, their white satin shirts

And their, their velvet bow ties

When they came up on the stage

They took a bow with such style

And then a young girl screamed "Budgie!"

And she fainted in the aisle

I saw him the other day you know

Ag, he was standing in the square

Still wearing that tie

And the grease in his hair

But he's not the same Budgie

That we knew you understand