Warren Zevon Lyrics

Album: Sentimental Hygiene

Boom Boom Mancini Lyrics

Written By Warren Zevon

c. 1987 Zevon Music/BMI

Hurry home early - hurry on home 

Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon 

Hurry home early - hurry on home

Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon

From Youngstown, Ohio, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini 

A lightweight contender, like father like son 

He fought for the title with Frias in Vegas

And he put him away in round number one

Hurry home early - hurry on home 

Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon 

Hurry home early - hurry on home 

Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon

When Alexis Arguello gave Boom Boom a beating 

Seven weeks later he was back in the ring 

Some have the speed and the right combinations 

If you can't take the punches it don't mean a thing

Hurry home early - hurry on home 

Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon 

Hurry home early - hurry on home 

Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon

When they asked him who was responsible 

For the death of Du Koo Kim 

He said, "Someone should have stopped the fight, and told me it was him." 

They made hypocrite judgments after the fact 

But the name of the game is be hit and hit back

Hurry home early - hurry on home 

Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon

Hurry home early - hurry on home 

Boom Boom Mancini's fighting Bobby Chacon