Here I was cattin’ at this bar
Clean as any movie star
When “Boom” a beauty come a boundin’ through the door
She took the stool right next to mine
I said, “Miss Fine, you look divine
“And by the way, I’m “Pretty Willie”
She said, “R’lly?
I said, “Oh yes and I declare
“Seems like we met before, somewhere
“You look just like a girl back down in Baltimore
“Or was it in New York? I regret
“But I forget where ‘bouts we met
“I’m almost sure it wasn’t in Philly”
She said, “R’lly?”
“I said, “Ant this a doggone shame
“Girl I can’t seem to call your name
“Let’s see, could be Marie, or maybe Eleanor
“To me you’re mighty like a Rose
But it aint Rose. I don’t suppose
“And you don’t look much like no Lilly
She said, ”R’lly?”
I said, “It could be my mistake
“But then what difference does it make?
“Suppose I never did lay eyes on you before
“I’m sure ‘nough lookin’ at you now“ I mean and how, and Momma, Wow!
“You are one fine, young, foxy filly
She said, “R’lly?”
She brushed me off like I was lint
Until I finally took the hint
I drank my drink and did not meddle her no more
I got shot down just like a bird
And all I heard was that one word
I never checked a chick so chilly
I mean R’lly!
OBJ recorded this song on his Atlantic release, Fresh, 1974