Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Benny the Bouncer lyrics

Benny was the bouncer at the Palais de Dance He'd slash your granny's face up given half a chance He'd sell you back the pieces, all for less than half a quid He thought he was the meanest Until he met with Savage Sid Now Sidney was a greaser with some nasty roots He poured a pint of Guinness over Benny's boots Benny looked at Sidney Sidney stared right back in his eye Sidney chose a switchblade And Benny got a cold meat pie Oh! what a terrible sight, Much to the people's delight One hell of a fight Sidney grabbed a hatchet, buried it .... in Benny's head The people gasped as he bled The end of a Ted? Well, they dragged him from the wreckage of the Palais in bits They tried to stick together all the bits that would fit But some of him was missing And part of him arrived too late, So now he works for Jesus As the bouncer at St. Peter's Gate