When I'm the type of guy who will never settle down
Where pretty girls are will you know that I'm around
I kiss'em and I love'em 'cause to me they're all the same
I hug'em and I squeeze'em they don't even know my name
They call me the wanderer - yeah -the wanderer
I roam around around around around
Oh, well there's Flo on my left arm and there's Marry on my right
And Jenny's the girl with that I'll be with tonight
And when she asks me which one I love the best
I'll tear open my shirt and show her Rosie on my chest
'Cause I'm the wanderer - yeah -the wanderer
I roam around around around around
Oh, well I roam from town to town
I go through life without a care
And I'm as happy as a clown
And with my two fists of iron but I'm going no way on
Oh yeah, I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around
I'm never in one place I roam from town to town
And when I find myself fallin' for some girl
I hope right into that car of mine I drive around the world
Yeah I'm a wanderer yeah the wanderer
I roam around around around around
Lettin' go
Oh yeah, I'm the type of guy that likes to roam around
I'm never in one place I roam from town to town
And when I find myself fallin' for some girl
I hope right into that car of mine drive around the world
'Cause I'm a wanderer yeah the wanderer
I roam around around around around around around
'Cause I'm a wanderer yeah the wanderer
I roam around around around around around around around
'Cause I'm a wanderer I'm a wanderer
2007-06-01
13:19:57
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➔ Jokes & Riddles
"The Wanderer" is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion; it reached #2 on the Billboard Charts in 1962.
Maresca had co-written Dion's previous # 1 hit, "Runaround Sue", but originally intended "The Wanderer" to be recorded by another group, Nino and the Ebbtides. They passed on it in favour of another Maresca song, so Dion was given it as the B-side of his follow-up single, "The Majestic", a song which his record company had chosen for him. The record was turned over by radio DJs who preferred "The Wanderer", which duly entered the charts in December 1961 and rose to # 2 in early 1962. It also reached # 10 in the UK, and # 1 in Australia.
The song was recorded with an uncredited background vocal group, the Del-Satins, in a rockier style than Dion's earlier hits with the Belmonts. The Del-Satins were an established doowop group led by Stan Ziska (later known as Stan Sommers), who at the time were also contracted to Laurie Records, and who later formed the core of Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Dion said of "The Wanderer" :- "At its roots, it's more than meets the eye. "The Wanderer" is black music filtered through an Italian neighborhood that comes out with an attitude. It's my perception of a lot of songs like "I'm A Man" by Bo Diddley or "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters. But you know, "The Wanderer" is really a sad song. A lot of guys don't understand that. Bruce Springsteen was the only guy who accurately expressed what that song was about. It's "I roam from town to town and go through life without a care, I'm as happy as a clown with my two fists of iron, but I'm going nowhere." In the fifties, you didn't get that dark. It sounds like a lot of fun but it's about going nowhere."
However, on Maresca's original demo of the song, the lyrics were "with my two fists of iron and my bottle of beer", and the change to "with my two fists of iron but I'm going nowhere" in fact seems to have been at the record company's insistence.
"The Wanderer" has been covered by many other popular singers and bands, including Gary Glitter, The Beach Boys, Leif Garrett, Status Quo, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Rabbitt, Ted Chippington, Dave Edmunds, and punk pioneers The Heimlich Experiment.
2007-06-01 13:25:14
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answered by gardenerswv 5
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i'm in a competent temper. i think of I did ok on the 2nd 0.5 of a math attempt we did right this moment. in the previous I went to the 7-11 with my dad and siblings. I have been given a marble cake and a few Nesquik. All is nicely. BONUSES a million - Nope. 2 - i want to call my female(s) George or Alexander, and my boy(s) Castiel or Zachary. 3 - I share some T-shirts with my 6 three hundred and sixty 5 days previous sister. it incredibly is kinda strange, yet she's style of an excellent newborn. 4 - Blood pink footwear/Arctic Monkeys
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answered by Anonymous
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Hello " The Wanderer " I'll give you a star just for typing all that out!!! Even though you probably did the "Copy and Paste"!!! Did you??? Whats it gonna be boy "YES OR NO!!! "
2007-06-01 13:27:25
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answered by ♥Jennifer♥ 4
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Ha Ha! Funny! lol! 10!
2007-06-01 13:34:48
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answered by cats 7
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is this a song, a joke or a poem
2007-06-01 13:31:47
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answered by Vela 4
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yeah and im wondering what the hell this is about
2007-06-01 13:24:15
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answered by Anonymous
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umm can u say random
2007-06-01 13:31:42
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answered by nchedo11 4
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wow that was interesting....was that supposed to be a song?
2007-06-01 13:28:21
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answered by Anonymous
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