Everybody's Talking About Jamie - The Legend of Loco Chanelle Lyrics |
2017 London Everybody's Talking About Jamie the Musical - The Legend of Loco Chanelle (And The Blood Red Dress) Lyrics
"The Legend of Loco Chanelle" is a song performed by Phil Nichol (Hugo), and Company.
HUGO: Once in a lifetime There will rise a hero Who's approaching footsteps Will cause the earth to quake
Once in a lifetime They'll baptize a hero In the blood she left in her wake The legend of Loco Chanelle
I'll sing a story now of way out West Of Madame Loco and her blood red dress And of the man who didn't treat her right You see that dress, well it started out white
She was the sweetest thing you'd ever seen Raised on a cattle ranch in Southey Green She was a beauty queen in '79 And spent her summers on the Greyhound line
(Loco) But she knew a beauty queen must have her crown (Loco) So she set off to a place called London Town (Loco) Where streets are paved with gold and lit with dreams (Loco) And magpies come to gather all that gleams
(Loco) A simple girl, she never traveled far (Loco) But in her heart there burned a superstar (Loco) She hit 'em hard and swore she'd give 'em hell The legend of Loco Chanelle
She'd not a single friend to count upon (Loco Chanelle) Until in Camden met a man named John (Loco Chanelle) He liked her lipstick and he loved her wig He told her "babydoll I'll make you big" (Loco Chanelle)
"Stick with me kiddo and the city's yours" (Loco Chanelle) "The fame, the fortune, the perpetual applause" (Loco Chanelle) She trusted Johny, so she spent the night Who knew a wolf had such a charming bite?
(Loco) But Johny was an agent, not a gent (Loco) And took more than the usual 10 percent (Loco) And though he promised Miss Chanelle the Earth (Loco) She soon discovered what his word was worth
(Loco) On opening night the audience was packed (Loco) When she caught him screwing with a younger act (Loco) In flagrante at the Finchley Hotel The tragedy of Loco Chanelle
The seats were sold out to the last reserves (Loco Chanelle) She said: "I need a drink to calm my nerves" (Loco Chanelle) Then she saw Johny with his tie askew Her look was loaded and her gun was too (Loco Chanelle)
"Here's to you Johny, have a shot to start" (Loco Chanelle) And then she smiled and shot him through the heart Her dress was purest white till Johny bled And turned her virgin gown to deepest red
(Loco) She strolled onto the stage, a crimson queen (Loco) And killed the crowd by stealing every scene (Loco) And soon her fans were queuing round the block (Loco) To see the diva in the blood red frock
(Loco) And that, my dear, is how the star shall rise (Loco) With ruby lips and murder in her eyes (Loco) Till one day to avoid a prison cell (Loco) Miss Loco vanished like a magic spell (Loco) Where she is now, no! I'll never tell
That's the legend of Loco Chanelle
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SYNOPSIS And You Don't Even Know It The Wall In My Head Spotlight Spotlight (reprise) The Legend of Loco Chanelle The Legend of Loco Chanelle (And The Blood Red Dress) (reprise) If I Met Myself Again Work of Art Over The Top Everybody's Talking About Jamie Limited Edition Prom Night Special It Means Beautiful It Means Beautiful (reprise) Ugly In This Ugly World He's My Boy And You Don't Even Know It My Man, Your Boy The Prom Song Out of the Darkness (A Place Where We Belong)
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