The Water Was Red:Johnny Cymbal.
#108 on BB Hot 100 (Bubbling Under)on
MGM Records in 1961.
INTRO:
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Oooooo-oooo-ooooo-ooooo..ooooo-ooooo-ooooo-
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ooooo..
#1.
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A boy met a girl on a lonely beach and soon
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they were holding hands.
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They fell in love on that lonely beach and kissed
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on the silver sand.
CHORUS:
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Til the water was red and the day was done.
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Til the water was red from the setting sun.
#2.
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They returned to the beach whenever they could
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and stayed until the moon was bright.
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And once they were swimming where the water was
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deep and the white fin came into sight.
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The shark had struck and disappeared and left his
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sweetheart dead.
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And as he pulled her to the shore, the boring waves
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were red.
CHORUS:
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Oh, the water was red with what the shark done.
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Yes, the water was red and his love was gone.
#4.
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He looked towards the water and he saw the fin so he
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gently put her on the sand.
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He walked to the water with a tear in his eye and a
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gleaming knife in his hand.
OUTRO:
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And the water was red once again..yes, the water was
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red as he walked towards his sweetheart with the fin in
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his hand.
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And the water was red once again, yes, the water was red..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.