Name: Chelsea Girls
Duration: P00H04M50S
Description: If you were a teenager in Atlantic City back in the day you hung out every night on the stretch of Boardwalk between Chelsea and Morris Avenue. It was known simply as Chelsea. This is a song about one crazy Labor Day weekend in the late-'60s. We didn't know it then but that world we loved was about to end.

Chelsea Girls

by Ken Shane

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If you were a teenager in Atlantic City back in the day you hung out every night on the stretch of Boardwalk between Chelsea and Morris Avenue. It was known simply as Chelsea. This is a song about one crazy Labor Day weekend in the late-'60s. We didn't know it then but that world we loved was about to end.

lyrics

I was hanging out with Lucy
I swear I saw her moving
I was out of my head last night
Radio in my car
Mason Williams on guitar
Now I’m hiding my eyes from the light

Someday when we talk about summer
We’ll wish we had another day like this
So live it while you can
You won’t regret it then
You never know what you’re gonna miss

The Geeter’s on a role
David Ruffin’s king of soul
Let’s gamble on a submarine race
Later I suppose
Down at Hi-Hat Joe’s
Some angel will be filling her face

I swear that every kid in Philly
Has found their way to Jersey tonight
They’re down from Cheltenham
Dancing in the sand
Monday morning’s nowhere in sight

CHORUS

Where are all the Chelsea girls
There used to be a different world
Keep your memories close old friend
Every summer has to end
Where are all the Chelsea girls
They’re living in a different world
And if only they could come back again
Maybe summer doesn’t have to end

BRIDGE

Shine a light, in the darkness
Shine a light, on despair
Shine a light, through the window
Shine a light
Say a prayer

Dino’s at 500
The Rat Pack’s under cover
And Frank is flying in from the coast
On a balcony uptown
Some girl is really getting down
And taking off all of her clothes

Before the summer’s even over
They’ll be bringing in the wrecking machines
We’re already in the past
This wasn’t meant to last
It’s high or low but never in between

CHORUS

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released November 14, 2017
Written by Ken Shane

Ken Shane - vocals
Jerry Cordasco - drums, percussion
Herbie Maitlandt - rhythm guitar
Adam Gustavson - electric bass
Bill Baker - keyboards
Tomás Doncker - lead guitar

Produced by Ken Shane
Vocals produced by Tomás Doncker
Engineered by Jerry Cordasco and James Dellatacoma
Mixed by James Dellatacoma

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Ken Shane Narragansett, Rhode Island

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Viola

Sep 2018
Human

Feb 2018
Chelsea Girls

Nov 2017
Who Could Be Loving You?

Oct 2017
Holding My Breath

Oct 2017
Believe

Sep 2016
Shine

Sep 2016

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