Telegram Sam

Album: The Slider (1972)
Charted: 1 67
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  • Telegram Sam Telegram Sam
    You're my main man

    Golden Nose Slim Golden Nose Slim
    I know's where you've been
    Purple Pie Pete Purple Pie Pete
    Your lips are like lightning
    Girls melt in the heat

    Telegram Sam
    You're my main man
    Telegram Sam
    You're my main man

    Bobby's alright Bobby's alright
    He's a natural born poet
    He's just outta sight
    Jungle faced Jake
    Jungle faced Jake
    I say make no mistake
    About Jungle faced Jake

    Automatic shoes
    Automatic shoes
    Give me three D vision
    And the California blues
    Me I funk but I don't care
    I ain't no square with my corkscrew hair

    Telegram Sam, Telegram Sam

    I'm a howlin' wolf Writer/s: Marc Bolan
    Publisher: Spirit Music Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Pedro from PortugalJust for the record, when Bauhaus appeared they were "Independent", meaning music that was not "commercial' and without traces to major record companies (and their rules)
    This is important to understand the Musicians and the music
    (and Bauhaus only began to have some fame, with the 3th record)
    Years later, the label "Gothic" appeared related to groups that imitate Bauhaus and try to make "a scene"
    They were british, remember, and appeared in the post-punk. These guys knowed the pistols, etc
  • Jaspah from Glasgow, United KingdomAs far as I'm aware The Slider album actually reached number 17 in the U.S. Billboard chart and not 67 as it says here.
  • Paul from Rothesay, Nb, CanadaJim...it's actually "Purple Pie Pete".
  • Jim from Johnsonburg, NyRumor has it that Bolan's publicist B. P. Fallon (Beep) and creator of the term "Trextasy," is the "Purple Browed Beep" mentioned in the song.
  • Paul from Rothesay, Nb, CanadaBolan name-dropped both "Telegram Sam" and "Metal Guru" on a 1974 track titled "Sound Pit" from the album "Zinc Alloy & the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow/A Creamed Cage in August"
  • Tim from Wakefield, --I heard an interview where Bolan said Jungle Face Jake was a boxer dog in a record he used to visit.
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