"Natural Born Bugie" (often misspelled Natural Born Boogie) is the debut single released in 1969 by English rock band Humble Pie, who were one of the first British supergroups. It was written as a mid tempo rock song by Steve Marriott, for Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate label and became the band's first single release.
Drummer Jerry Shirley recalled to Mojo magazine February 2010: "'Natural Born Bogie' was written after we had completed the album. If we had been smart we would have put it on the album. It was the first song that Andrew Oldham heard that he said had single sensibilities. I remember Steve at a rehearsal saying, 'Here, I've got this, what do you think? I'm pretty sure he had the whole song. Funny thing was, we hardly ever played it live. We played it later when I was with Stevie in Packer of Three."
Lyrics
There she is again
Steppin' out of her limousine
Looking like the cover of a twenty-dollar magazine
She's got it made and branded
If you know what I mean
She's a...natural born woman
Natural born woman
She's a...she's a natural born woman
There she is again
watch her stop the Main Street in its tracks
Looking like Creole queen
Hair hangin' down her back
I say, don't look too long, boy
She'll make your glasses crack
She's a...natural born woman
Natural born woman
a natural born woman
(Instrumental)
Get your track
Yeah, natural born woman
She's a natural born woman
Natural born woman
Well, I'm sweatin' and I'm shakin'
When I'm bringin' you the news
You can do anything
But lay off of my blue suede shoes
That's why I'm standin' here today
Preachin' natural born woman blues
Natural born woman
she's a...natural born woman
Natural born woman
Well, yeah...
Natural born woman
Well, I'm looking out my back door
Wonderin' which place to go
Think I'll move on down to Memphis
Pay my money to see a rock 'n' roll show
Find me a sweet-heart Susie
Together we can lose control
Ooh, yeah, natural born woman
She's a...natural born woman
Yeah, yeah...
Natural born woman
Yeah...
Songwriters: Ronald Lane / Steve Marriott Natural Born Boogie lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG Rights Management US, LLC
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