From the recording Head's UP! For '53...Here Comes 3 Blue Teardrops
Lyrics written by "Pennsylvania" Dave Sisson as a theme song to a fictional 1950's juvenile delinquent B-movie that hasn't been made yet. Someday?
Lyrics
I opened my locker in cell block #5
This school was a prison tryin' to take me alive
As I pulled out my comb all the queers and chicks stared and I...
ran my Ace through my greasy black hair
I had a switchblade...a switchblade pompadour!
I cut my first class and smoked a Lucky on the throne
I took a nap in history and dreamed of my Silvertone
I worked on a Ford during lunch to get it ready for the race and I....
Checked my reflection to make sure every strand was in place
I had a switchblade...a switchblade pompadour
That Friday night descended man and ALL the cats were high
A hush fell upon the place as the race was nigh
We won, they lost, a rumble ensued, my stiletto poised in hate
You should've seen me in the moonlight man, my hair looked fuckin' GREAT!
I had a switchblade, a switchblade pompadour
So pile it up and work it in, hair products can help
Better livin' through chemicals and the modern age is felt
Try Dixie Peach or Royal Crown, whatever works for your....
Big, tall, greasy, nasty, switchblade pompadour!