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Rickie Lee Jones - Chuck E.'s In Love [HD]

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Rickie Lee Jones sings 'Chuck E.'s in Love'. This song written by Jones is on her 1979 Warner Bros. self-titled debut album. The song lyrics and notes on Jones and the album are below.

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Chuck E.'s in Love

Singer - Rickie Lee Jones

How come he don't come and P.L.P. with me
Down at the meter no more?
And how come he turn on the TV?
And hang that sign on the door?

We call and we call
"How come?" we say
Hey, what could make a boy behave this way?

Well, he learned all of the lines now
And every time, he don't stutter when he talks
It's true! It's true!

He sure has acquired this kinda cool
And inspired sorta jazz when he walks
Where's his jacket and his old blue jeans?
Well, this ain't healthy, it is some kinda clean

That means
Chuck E.'s in love
Chuck E.'s in love, love, love, love
Chuck E.'s in love
Chuck E.'s in love

Well, I don't believe what you're saying to me
This is something that I've got to see

Is he here?
I look in the pool hall
Well, is he here?
I look in the drugstore
Is he here?
No, he don't come here no more

I'll tell you what, I saw him
He was sitting behind us down in the Pantages
And whatever it is that he's got up his sleeve
I hope it isn't contagious

What's her name?
Is that her there?
Oh Christ, I think he's even combed his hair
Is that her?
Well, then what's her name?
Oh, it's never gonna be the same

But that's not her
I know what's wrong
'Cause Chuck E.'s in love
With the little girl singin' this song
Don't you know?

Chuck E.'s in love, yeah, yeah
Chuck E.'s in love, love, love, love
Chuck E.'s in love, my, my
Chuck E.'s in 
Chuck E.'s in love
Chuck E.'s in love 
He's in love, love
Love with me

Songwriter: Rickie Lee Jones

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[Lyrics from LyricFind]

Some album personnel include Rickie Lee Jones on vocals, keyboards, percussion, guitar, horn arrangements, Dr. John on keyboards, Michael McDonald on vocals, Randy Newman on synthesizer, Victor Feldman on percussion, drums, keyboards, Tom Scott on horns, and Ralph Grierson on keyboards.

Wikipedia states:

Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, producer, actress and narrator. Over the course of a career that spans five decades, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz.

Rickie Lee Jones is the debut album of singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones. After arriving in California in the mid-1970s, Jones started taking songwriting more seriously, and by 1977 had met singer-songwriters Chuck E. Weiss and Tom Waits (Jones consequently became romantically involved with Waits).

The album was released in the spring of 1979 to mostly favorable reviews propelled by the substantial jazz-pop hit single "Chuck E.'s in Love," based on a rumored romance of her friend Chuck E. Weiss. The single became a US #4 hit during the summer, while the album, which went on to become a million seller, hit US #3. Jones was supported by a memorable slot on Saturday Night Live in April 1979, where she performed "Chuck E.'s in Love" and "Coolsville." A second single, "Young Blood," cracked the US Top 40 in late 1979, when Jones went on an international tour. By June 1981, the album had sold over two million copies in the US alone.

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