Mary Chapin Carpenter Down At The Twist And Shout Lyrics

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)