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(Mary-Chapin Carpenter) |
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Saturday night and the moon is out |
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I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout |
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Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat |
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When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet |
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Out in the middle of a big dance floor |
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When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more |
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Gonna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight |
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Well I never have wandered down to New Orleans |
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Never have drifted down a bayou stream |
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But I heard that music on the radio |
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And I swore some day I was gonna go |
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Down Highway 10 past Lafayette |
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To Baton Rouge and I won't forget |
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To send you a card with my regrets |
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'Cause I'm never gonna come back home |
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Saturday night and the moon is out |
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I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout |
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Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat |
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When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet |
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Out in the middle of a big dance floor |
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When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more |
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Gonna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight |
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They got a alligator stew and a crawfish pie |
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A Gulf storm blowin' into town tonight |
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Livin on the delta's quite a show |
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They got hurricane parties every time it blows |
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And here up north it's a cold cold rain |
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And there ain't no cure for my blues today |
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Except when the paper says: Beausoleil is coming into town |
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Baby let's go down |
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Saturday night and the moon is out |
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I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout |
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Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat |
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When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet |
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Out in the middle of a big dance floor |
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When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more |
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Gonna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight |
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Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too |
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They got lots of music and lots of room |
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When they play you a waltz from 1910 |
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You gonna feel a little bit young again |
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Well you learned to dance with your rock'n'roll |
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You learned to swing with a do-si-do |
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But you learn to love at the fais-so-do |
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When you hear a little Jolie Blon |
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Saturday night and the moon is out |
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I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout |
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Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat |
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When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet |
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Out in the middle of a big dance floor |
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When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more |
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Gonna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight |
