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The AE Song of the Week

Well the times are gettin' hard for you little girl
I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's world
You can't remember when you got your last meal
And you don't know just how a woman feels

You didn't know what rock and roll was
Until you met my drummer on a Grey tour bus
I got there in the nick of time
Before he got his hands across your state line, yeah

Now it's the middle of the night on the open road
The heater don't work and it's oh so cold
You're lookin' tired, you're lookin' kinda beat
The rhythm of the street sure knocks you off your feet

You didn't know how rock and roll looked
Until you caught your sister with the guys from the group
Halfway home in the parking lot
By the look in her eye she was givin' what she got

I said my, my, my, I'm once bitten twice, shy babe
My, my, my, I'm once bitten twice shy baby
My, my, my, I'm once bitten twice shy baby

Oh, woman you're a mess, gonna die in your sleep
There's blood on my amp and my Les Paul's beat
Can't keep you home, you're messin' around
My best friend told me you're the best lick in town

You didn't know that rock and roll burned
So you bought a candle and you lived and you learned
You got the rhythm, you got the speed
Mama's little baby likes it short and sweet

I said my, my, my, I'm once bitten twice, shy babe
My, my, my, I'm once bitten twice shy baby
My, my, my, I'm once bitten twice shy baby

Alright!

I didn't know you had a rock and roll record
Until I saw your picture on another guy's jacket
You told me I was the only one
But look at you now, it's as dark as it's gone

I said my, my, my, I'm once bitten twice, shy babe
My, my, my, I'm once bitten twice shy baby
My, my, my, I'm once bitten twice shy baby
I said my, my, my, I'm once bitten twice, shy babe
My, my, my, I'm once bitten twice shy baby

"Once Bitten, Twice Shy" by Great White from the album "Twice Shy" (1989)*. Watch the Official Music Video here. 

*The Los Angeles-based Great White had their biggest hit with "Once Bitten, Twice Shy," a cover of a 1975 song by Ian Hunter. The band had a shark motif going, and named their 1987 album Once Bitten. For the follow-up in 1989, they named the album ...Twice Shy, completing the expression, which means avoiding what hurt you in the past. Covering Hunter's song pulled it all together and worked out very well; the original wasn't a hit in America, so most listeners assumed it was written by Great White. The song is about life on the road as a rock and roll band, and the ladies they encounter along the way. "We loved it because it was about being on the road, which was our whole thing," Great White guitarist Mark Kendall told Songfacts. "We never went home. We were just literally on the road all time, so it fit in that sense." Great White wasn't familiar with this song; it was Izzy Stradlin of Guns N' Roses who had the idea for them to cover it. Both bands were managed by Alan Niven, who also co-produced the ...Twice Shy album. Stradlin suggested it to Niven, who brought it to Great White. Great White, though, didn't think this song was going to be a hit. "It wasn't a case where we were trying to hunt down some kind of a bitchin' cover song to do," Mark Kendall told Songfacts. "It was never the intention to make that the single, it just turned out so darn good that the record company goes, 'There it is. That's it. That's the one!'" Great White changed a few lyrics from the original, making the "Greyhound bus" a "grey tour bus." Hunter sings the chorus as "I, I, I..." but Great White lead singer Jack Russell made it "My, my, my..." The music video, directed by Nigel Dick, was huge on MTV. It shows that band performing the song in a warehouse with a bunch of lady friends, then heading out on their tour bus. One of the video vixens is Bobbie Brown, star of Warrant's "Cherry Pie" video. Great White's demise was like so many: gradual at first, then all at once. They released their debut album in 1984, and ...Twice Shy was their fourth. By this time, they had gradually built a following, with each album since their 1984 debut doing substantially better than the last. Once Bitten sold a million copies thanks to tracks like "Save Your Love" and "Rock Me"; ...Twice Shy sold 2 million, largely because of this song. But when grunge moved in, it displaced hair metal acts like Great White, and the band struggled. By 2003 they were playing small venues to a few hundred people each night. One of these shows was at The Station Nightclub in Rhode Island, which turned into one of the most tragic events in rock and roll history. The band's pyrotechnics started a fire that killed 100 people including their guitarist, Ty Longley. No member of Great White was criminally charged, but their tour manager did jail time. (Knowledge courtesy of Songfacts.com)

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