In the forties When Diddy Levine lived with Eunice He gave her the ring that she
the smiling daughter Who came a marriage way before But Eunice was the father that she saw
Though they never, never, never, never, never, never her She knew the score You see were so much wiser after the wars
But Diddy hadn't had enough, she had to get more On a ration of paper She 'Eunice, I'm not sure'
And with her child in her She went looking for a Besides, she didn't the name 'Mrs. King'
The first time that she heard Dan Was on the Crooning at a volume that was way, way low
Diddy was surprised to hear that Damper's was Dan after he was a calling And he asked, begged and pleaded for her
Damper's was dampened When answered "No, no, no, no, no" But if she changed her mind she "Dan, I'll let you know"
her child in her arms She looking for a man Besides she didn't the name Damper Dan
Janice the daughter grew up to be a teenage queen all of her mother's lovers She kept the name
Behind the picture house she made her scene a boy called Allister Who was dating a called Celine
And Celine wasn't mad when Janet came in But got scared when he heard And he the U.S.A. Marines
you see runs through every family Who is to say is to be, is any better Over and over it goes goodness and badness blow
Over and over, and over Over and over and and over and over and over and over The good wind and the bad blow