Obsessed With Aretha - Graham Parker

You get a lot of girl singers obsessed with Aretha

You get a lot of little swingers wishin' they could be her

Some of those sisters can rock and roll

All God’s children gotta little bit of soul

But not that much no no no not that much

You get a lot of fat Christians you want to throw to the lions

Put em in a barrel, roll em off the top of Mount Zion

Ignorant acceptance is their only aim

With Jesus your life’ll be better they claim

But not that much no no no not that much

Yeah but when you hear Aretha singing on some adver tise ment

Or with a big fussy band on some rock’n’roll museum concert

She’s still got the lungs and the dress and the stole

You might even say the girl’s still got soul

But not that much no no no not that much

You get a lot of little monkeys swingin' from the treetops

You get a lot of little flunkeys singin' on Top of the Pops

Some of them appear in the gutter press Tellin' you their lives are a mess

But not that much no no no not that much

You get a lot of little stringers pullin' out their penknives

Cuttin' up history Jugglin' with lives

Bein' a reporter is a glamorous trade

You don’t even have to tell the truth to get paid

Well not that much no no no not that much

Yeah but when you hear Aretha singing on some adver tise ment

Or with a big fussy band on some hall of fame concert

She’s still got the lungs and the dress and the mink stole

You might even say the girl’s still got soul

But not that much no no no not that much

Hey ay ay ay etc