Down At The Twist And Shout Lyrics by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Down At The Twist And Shout Lyrics

    (mary-chapin carpenter)

    Chorus:
    Saturday night and the moon is out
    I wanna head on over to the twist and shout
    Find a two-step partner and a cajun beat
    When it lifts me up i'm gonna find my feet
    Out in the middle of a big dance floor
    When i hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
    Gonna dance to a band from a-lou'sian' tonight

    Well i never have wandered down to new orleans
    Never have drifted down a bayou stream
    But i heard that music on the radio
    And i swore some day i was gonna go
    Down highway 10 past lafayette
    To baton rouge and i won't forget
    To send you a card with my regrets
    'cause i'm never gonna come back home

    (repeat chorus)

    They got a alligator stew and a crawfish pie
    A golf storm blowin' into town tonight
    Livin on the delta's quite a show
    They got hurricane parties every time it blows
    And here up north it's a cold cold rain
    And there ain't no cure for my blues today
    Except when the paper says: beausoleil is coming into town
    Baby let's go down

    (repeat chorus)

    Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too
    They got lots of music and lots of room
    When they play you a waltz from 1910
    You gonna feel a little bit young again
    Well you learned to dance with your rock'n'roll
    You learned to swing with a do-si-do
    But you learn to love at the fais-so-do
    When you hear a little jolie blon

    (repeat chorus)

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