Mary Chapin Carpenter - Down At The Twist And Shout

(audience clapping) (fiddle solo) ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ Wanna 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 to Highway 10 past the Lafayette ♪ ♪ There's a Baton Rouge and I won't forget ♪ ♪ To send you a card with my regrets ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm never gonna come back home ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight ♪ (fiddle solo) ♪ They got a alligator stew and a crawfish pie ♪ ♪ A golf storm blowing into town tonight ♪ ♪ Living on the delta's quite a show ♪ ♪ They got hurricane parties every time it blows ♪ ♪ But 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 a coming into town ♪ ♪ Baby let's go down ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight ♪ (guitar solo) ♪ Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too ♪ ♪ They got a 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 ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight ♪ (band playing) (crowd cheering) (laughing)

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Length: 3min 25sec (205 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 25 2009

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