Sidney Wells he drove the country North to SouthOn the walkie-talkie, shooting off his mouthAll the lorry drivers thought he was a laughThey didn't know the truth, they didn't know the halfSidney Wells he had a lovely line in chatBefore a girl could think he'd have her at his flatDansette playing soft, a gin'll do no harmNo one could resist Sidney Wells' charmCheryl was a waitress at the works canteenOlder than she looked, she'd pass for 17Too pretty to be working such a lousy jobBeauty queen smile, hair cut in a bobSidney Wells' rig came weaving down the roadAt Hennessy and Sons he dropped his heavy loadCheryl checked her makeup, looked up at the clockShe had a date with Sidney at the loading dockHe led her to the woods, the sky was getting darkShe thought it was romantic, thought it was a larkBuried in her mind there rang a small alarmBut no one could resist Sidney Wells' charmThen he took off her clothes and threw them in a pileHe watched her stand there cold and shivering for a whileThen he picked up her stocking lying on the floorAnd wrapped it round her neck until she breathed no moreHe tried to burn the body, he didn't do it wellUp on a pile of tires, it was an awful smellThey found her poor remains and summoned the bereftAnd took her to the church to bury what was leftNow Sidney Wells he was a heartless kind of rakeThe blood within his veins was colder than a snakeHe didn't run, he carried on just like beforeUntil the CID came knocking at the doorThe judge said, Mr Wells, the evidence is strongSaid Wells, I'll not deny, what took you all so long?All you see is victims, all I see is bridesI'm guilty to the gills, and 7 more besides.They took him to the jail, ready for the worstJustice would be served, but who would get there first?He bled just like a pig slaughtered on the farmThe inmates weren't impressed by Sidney Wells' charm
Lyrics by Richard Thompson
1952 Vincent Black Lightning 1952 Vintage Black Lightning A Brother Slips Away A Blind Step Away A Bone Through Her Nose A Heart Needs A Home A Love You Can't Survive A Poisoned Heart And A Twisted Memory A Sailor's Life A Sailor's Life A Solitary Life Al Bowlly's In Heaven Al Bowlly's In Heaven Alexander Graham Bell Am I Wasting My Love On You? Among the Gorse, Among the Grey Any Old Body Baby Don't Know What To Do With Herself Baby Don't Know What To Do With Herself Baby Talk Backlash Love Affair Bad Again Bad Monkey Bad News Is All The Wind Can Carry Bank Vault In Heaven Banks Of The Sweet Primroses Beat The Retreat Beeswing Begging Bowl Big Chimney Big Sun Falling in the River Bird On A Wire Blackleg Miner Bogie's Bonnie Belle Bogie's Bonnie Belle Book Song Both Ends Burning Burning Man Burns Supper Business On You Calvary Cross Can't Win Can't Win Cash Down Never Never Chelsea Morning Civilisation Close The Door Lightly When You Go Cold Feet Cold Kisses Cooksferry Queen Crash The Party Crawl Back ( Under My Stone ) Crazy Man Michael Cressida Dad's Gonna Kill Me Danny Boy Dark Hand Over My Heart Dead Man's Handle Dead Man's Handle Dear Landlord Devonside Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed Died For Love Dimming Of The Day Doctor Of Physick Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart Don't Renege On Our Love Don't Tell Secrets Don't Tempt Me Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart Don't Sit On My Jimmy Shands Don't Tell Secrets Don't Tempt Me Down Where The Drunkards Roll Drifting Through The Days Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Drowned Dog Black Night Dry My Tears And Move On Eastern Rain Easy There Steady Now False Or True Farewell, Farewell Fast Food Fire In The Engine Room First Light Flowers Of The Forest For Shame Of Doing Wrong For The Sake Of Mary For Whose Sake? Francesca Friday on My Mind From Galway To Graceland Genesis Hall Georgie On A Spree Gethsemane Gethsemane [DVD] Ghosts In The Wind God Loves A Drunk Good Things Happen To Bad People Grey Walls Guns Are The Tongues Gypsy Love Songs Hai Sai Oji-san / Hey Man! Hand Of Kindness Happy Days And Auld Lang Syne Hard Luck Stories Has He Got A Friend For Me? Hide It Away Hokey Pokey (Live) Hokey Pokey (Revised Version 2004) Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song) Honky Tonk Blues House Of Cards How Does Your Garden Grow? How I Wanted To How Many Times How Will I Ever Be Simple Again I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life I Feel So Good I Found a Stray I Misunderstood I Ride In Your Slipstream I Still Dream I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight I'll Regret It All In The Morning I'm A Dreamer I'll Never Give It Up I'll Regret It All In The Morning I'm A Dreamer I'm Turning Off A Memory (BBC) If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong If Love Whispers Your Name It Don't Cost Much It Don't Cost Much Jack O'Diamonds Jealous Words Jealousy Jennie Jerusalem On The Jukebox Jet Plane In A Rocking Chair Johnny's Far Away Josef Locke Just The Motion Keep Your Distance Killerman Gold Posse Killing Jar King Of Bohemia Kiss Last Shift Layla Legal Matter Let It Blow Little Blue Number Loch Lomond Lonely Hearts Long Dead Love Long John Silver Lotteryland Love In A Faithless Country Love Is Bad For Business Lovers' Lane Lovers' Lane Madness Of Love Man In Need March Of The Cosmetic Surgeons Mary And Joseph Mascara Tears Matty Groves Meet On The Ledge Mgb-Gt Million Dollar Bash Mind Your Own Business Mingus Eyes Miss Patsy Missie How You Let Me Down Mole In A Hole Mother Knows Best Mr Rebound Mr. Lacey Mr. Rebound Mr. Stupid Mrs. Rita My Soul, My Soul Mystery Wind Nearly In Love Never Again Night Comes In No Man's Land No Man's Land Nobody's Wedding Nobody's Wedding Nottamun Town Now Be Thankful Oh I Swear Old Man Inside A Young Man Old Thames Side One Door Opens Outside Of The Inside Painted Ladies Pavanne Pearly Jim Peppermint Rock Persuasion Pharaoh Poor Ditching Boy Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman Poppy-red Precious One Psycho Street Put It There Pal Put Your Trust In Me Rainbow Over The Hill Razor Dance Razor Dance [Live] Read About Love Reckless Kind Reno, Nevada Restless Boy Restless Highway Reynardine Roll Over Vaughan Williams Row, Boys, Row Salford Sunday Sally B Sam Hall Sam Jones Saturday Rolling Around Shady Lies Shaky Nancy Shane And Dixie She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair She Moves Through The Fair She Said It Was Destiny She Sang Angels to Rest She Steers By Lightning She Twists The Knife Again Shenandoah Shine On Love Shoot Out The Lights Should I Betray? Si Tu Dois Partir Sibella Sir Patrick Spens Sisters Smiffy's Glass Eye So Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo Some Sweet Day Strange Affair Stumble On Sunnyvista Sunset Song Surfin' Usa Suzanne Sweet Little Rock'n'roller Sweetheart On The Barricade Take Care The Road You Choose Taking My Business Elsewhere Tam Lin Tear Stained Letter The Angels Took My Racehorse Away The Ballad Of Easy Rider The Boys Of Mutton Street The Calvary Cross The Dark End Of The Street The End Of The Rainbow The Fool The Ghost Of You Walks The Great Valerio The Little Beggar Girl The New St George The Old Changing Way The Same Thing The Snow Goose The Sun Never Shines On The Poor The Way That It Shows Things You Gave Me Time To Ring Some Changes To Hang A Dream On Too Late To Come Fishing Traces Of My Love Train Don't Leave Turning Of The Tide Twisted Uninhabited Man Valerie Walk Awhile Walking On A Wire Walking The Long Miles Home Walking Through A Wasted Land Wall Of Death Waltzing's For Dreamers Watch Me Go We Sing Hallelujah Wheely Down When I Get To The Border When The Spell Is Broken When We Were Boys At School Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Why Do You Turn Your Back? Why Must I Plead Will You Dance, Charlie Boy Will You Dance, Charlie Boy? Withered And Died Woods Of Darney Word Unspoken, Sight Unseen Yankee Go Home Yankee, Go Home You Don't Say You Dream Too Much
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