Great White - Once Bitten, Twice Shy Lyrics






Well the times are getting hard for you, little girl
I'm a humming and a strumming 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

Now it's the middle of the night on the open road
And the heater don't work and it's oh so cold
You're looking tired, you're looking kind of 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
Half way home in the parking lot
By the look in her eye she was giving what she got

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

Woman you're a mess going to die in your sleep
There's blood on my amp and my Les Paul's beat
Can't keep you home, you're messing 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

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

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 dark and you're gone

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

So shy, so shy, so shy, so shy
So shy, so shy, so shy, so shy





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  1. L.... ....

    Pretty cool that they had Dana Carvey in his Garth outfit on the keys.

  2. J.... J....

    Everyone's commenting their age. 26 and rockin' on

  3. m.... ....

    remember when music was real. everybody wanted to be member of a band so they could have one of those real hot girls .

  4. A.... L....

    How disappointing. The awesome guitar jam session at the end of the song is left out of this version!

  5. B.... p....

    Dog hair days

  6. R.... J....

    Mike Anton I used to rock the church parking lot with this song in my black Trans Am great times

    R.... J....

    LOL I meant my kids and I used to rock the church parking lot in my black Trans Am with this song great times

  7. A.... J....

    2020????

  8. J.... J....

    Hey Look! It's The Same Girl From Warrent's Cherry Pie!

  9. A.... N....

    I tied his shoe at a concert with Carrie Basore when I was 14 in Independence, KS. We used the spray hair brushes to drink vodka. Yep ❤️ RIP Carrie Ann

  10. g.... ....

    To shy to bite it Gerber babies a pot.

  11. P.... C....

    Fekkin pissah

  12. H.... H....

    I'll never listen to these guys ever again : because of what happened in RI

  13. N.... R....

    Good, but Ian Hunter version so much better....

  14. T.... S....

    I just love this song I have been hurt before too

  15. M.... O....

    Why would you listen to this shitty cover of Ian Hunter's masterpiece?

  16. A.... C....

    Bobby brown has been my fantasy for 30 years

  17. J.... S....

    👏 No 👏 One 👏 Cares 👏 What 👏 Year 👏 You 👏 Are 👏 Watching 👏 This 👏 In 👏

  18. D.... D....

    I'm going to over analyze some of the stupidest lyrics I've ever heard. So, she doesn't know when she had her last meal...why. mc Donald's has a 1 dollar menu. She doesn't know just how a woman feels, I assume because she's been deprived of his magical penis for way too long. Then I have to question what happened on the bus, I guess he busted in just in time to rescue her from getting fingered by the drummer, as I assume that's what " crossing her state lines" is code for? Don't even tell me why there's blood on his amp cause I don't want to know. He then says that mama's little baby likes it short and sweet? Is he referring to his manhood, or the length of his love making? Either way, not good for him. I could go on, and I just may in a part 2 of my rant. In a nutshell though, these lyrics are so bad.

  19. F.... H....

    I was looking at the rocker girls again from my teenage years.

  20. F.... H....

    I really miss how girls/women used to dress back then. They were very feminine and very sexy to me...they were still influenced by rock and roll.

  21. a.... a....

    i can't wait for 2020 so someone get on here and ask who's still listening to this is 2020

  22. T.... D....

    Once bitten, twice shy, baby!!!

  23. N.... Y....

    Bobbie Brown is hot as hell

    N.... Y....

    You may be thinking of Bobbie Brown. Bonnie Brown was a country singer who died recently.

    N.... Y....

    @Dabig Ragu oh Sorry, the blame is on the corrector

    N.... Y....

    @Nash Yeah Ahh, those things mess with me too. Thanks for being so cool about it.

  24. m.... w....

    My freind died at their concert

    m.... w....

    mike wood I’m sorry for him... kinda, because everyone has to die and that seems a cool way at least at first glance 🙈 How was that possible?

  25. r.... g....

    Pretty sure Ian Hunter would have been happy with this cover, I know I am. When I die, I want to be reborn back in the 60s so I can relive three fantastic decades of music, and this time not sell most of my record collection. LOL

  26. S.... T....

    This band is just a bunch of murderers
    .....they should have gone to jail

  27. t.... h....

    Great video

  28. T.... C....

    Rip to my sister who rocked the shit out of this. You could hear her coming from 3 streets over playing this song as loud as her car speakers would go.

  29. D.... R....

    Yo, this shit's on fire!
    No pun intended

  30. B.... J....

    Is the keyboardist Dana Carvey? lol

  31. C.... g....

    If your Dog has Tic's he may not be A dog wake up Flea bags

  32. C.... B....

    Great White fucking BADASS! I CAN NOT GET HOOTERS GODDESS JESSICA OFF MINE CODY BRYSON'S MIND FOR SOME STRANGE REASON TONIGHT

  33. T.... I....

    Anyone else here who isn't past their 40s?

  34. C.... F....

    Dec 6th 2019

  35. T.... P....

    The original Ian Hunter version 1975 heaps better!

  36. R.... J....

    Me and my kids riding in my black Trans Am rock in the world with this song

  37. L.... P....

    "MY BEST FRIEND TOLD ME YOU WERE THE BEST 'LICK' IN TOWN"! ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY, BABY...

  38. H.... H....

    I used to love this song, now I'm racing toward the stereo to turn it off just as fast as I can after they roasted a hundred and two human beings alive in that Rhode island nightclub.. never listen to him again , ever 👎

  39. D.... D....

    ♥ 🌎 ✌️

  40. O.... D....

    love the hand gesture, just in case you didn't know what "across your state line" meant... such an effective communicator...

  41. M.... P....

    Put the top down, drive a little faster and TURN IT UP!!

  42. M.... ....

    Verona NY ! I am going!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  43. j.... g....

    Im.28 and grew up listening to this because of my parents. Love the 80s

  44. M.... ....

    03:58.. OMG women were so f-ing hot back then!

  45. G.... M....

    Reminds me of my favorite summer of all time, Summer of 1989.

  46. A.... C....

    40 years here, rock n roll will never die

  47. C.... B....

    It truly makes me sick that this video only has around 18 million views, while artists like Billie Eilish and the likes have billions. Something is wrong with the world!

  48. F.... G....

    Well the times are getting hard for you, little girl
    I'm a humming and a strumming 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

    Now it's the middle of the night on the open road
    And the heater don't work and it's oh so cold
    You're looking tired, you're looking kind of 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
    Half way home in the parking lot
    By the look in her eye she was giving what she got

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

    Woman you're a mess going to die in your sleep
    There's blood on my amp and my Les Paul's beat
    Can't keep you home, you're messing 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

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

    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 dark and you're gone

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

    So shy, so shy, so shy, so shy
    So shy, so shy, so shy, so shy

  49. D.... R....

    Kentucky Headhunters' Walk Softly on this Heart of Mine brought me here.

  50. G.... F....

    i like the way you play keyboard, I like your ryymh, and I' a solo guitarist, what has to do with that' kisse gIULIA

  51. b.... d....

    i,m 56 and still listening to this music.

  52. E.... o....

    This is by far the most boomer comment section I've ever seen. Age doesn't matter, just enjoy the good music

  53. r.... m....

    I grew Up in La. harbra in the 70'0 and 80's and had a blast eating mushrooms with the Jack, and the boy's...

  54. M.... F....

    I'd say Bobbi brown was in about 75 percent of the rock vids from 87 -90

    M.... F....

    That was a good thing!

  55. H.... S....

    19 and here for this. Rock and roll is the only genre I listen to. If only I could’ve been around to witness all of the great music of the 80’s...

  56. I.... M....

    Great cover of an Ian Hunter song.

  57. J.... 7....

    I'm 18, and I still rocking while 90% of people like to hear Autotune.
    Rock is life.

  58. M.... P....

    Rock n’roll

  59. r.... ....

    At 45 I just caught the end of the good shit. I was a young teen in the late 80's, saw all the good bands and to me it was just another rock band coming through town. If I only knew how good I had it back then...

  60. A.... R....

    i had an audio cassette i played in my car with just this song on it, sides A and B :)

  61. N.... R....

    I can't believe that they cut out the solo at the end of the song. That is one of the best parts.

  62. M.... O....

    wh\ do people listen to a shitty cover of a great Ian Hunter song?

  63. k.... ....

    ok boomers

  64. A.... k....

    Back when girls were gorgeous...

  65. M.... .....

    It's a terrible cover of an Ian Hunter song you American idiots.

  66. T.... ....

    my
    my
    my

  67. G.... ....

    Love that Kim Anderson wow.

  68. s.... ....

    “There’s blood on my amp and my Les Paul is beat” - Has to be the best line in all of rock and roll!!!

  69. T.... D....

    This song and video came out my senior year HS 🤘

  70. e.... l....

    Always will be a good tune.....

  71. V.... ....

    80's chicks where THE chicks!

  72. G.... B....

    Piano player resembles Dana Carvey

  73. C.... M....

    This is one of my favorite song by Great White and Great White does a wonderful job of singing this rock n roll song and it still nice to hear a song from my high school years that will stand the test of time.

  74. B.... K....

    Ilike this song for two reason one i like to rock&rolland two i would like to Deecade it to my girlfriend clrissa laub and my bbff like a sister fromanother mother rose

  75. D.... S....

    I love singing this song at karaoke

  76. P.... M....

    This rock's i`m once bitten twice shy babe

  77. J.... K....

    Grew up with older sisters. I love the eighty's....age 6 to 35 I'm still listening ♥️

  78. M.... A....

    Now look at those real beautiful girls no tattoos they look great

  79. m.... m....

    November 1st anyone????

  80. A.... S....

    KAWAI piano!!!

  81. J.... M....

    2019🤘🏻 in my 40's

    J.... M....

    In my 60's ✌

  82. S.... E....

    Long live the 80's
    Long live the leather
    Long live the motorbikes
    Long live the rock

  83. J.... P....

    I love this song and I love the Girls in the video

  84. C.... G....

    A rockin' cover of an Ian Hunter track.

  85. C.... G....

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/264516132573

  86. N.... E....

    Here I am, near 70 years old, still loving this Rock N Roll.

    N.... E....

    63 and love my hair bands

    N.... E....

    And never stop. 26 and following suit

  87. B.... D....

    Bobbi Brown had 1 terrific ass and those Levi's Jean's just enhanced her beautiful bootylicious. 😍😙🤪😉

  88. B.... E....

    Great Song and the Women in video have NICE BUM,S My Bad.

  89. L.... B....

    My music,loves the 80s.

  90. D.... M....

    The bothers Brent the club down and people died they should in prison i lost three friends in that 🔥 its sad that they got a way like that no jail time.

  91. D.... M....

    I used to work at night club it it was a restaurant before that .

  92. B.... K....

    Yes there astory behind this

  93. R.... J....

    Cool song

  94. c.... ....

    seems like yesterday-great 1980's!!!

  95. k.... s....

    Why is everyone writing their ages? The music has nothing to do with that shit. Just listen.

  96. c.... ....

    Oh shit, fire people, fiiiiraaaare!