[Verse 1]
Baby can't wait, baby got to go
Got to do a number on a late night show
Do a little song, do a little dance
Going to make the best of her big chance
[Chorus]
It don't really matter if she don't or if she do
Just trying to make the best of the hometown blues
Blues
[Verse 2]
I got to friend, got to little girl
Say she's the best in the whole wide world
Said it's so good, said it so unreal
It might not last, but it's no big deal
[Chorus]
It don't really matter if she don't or if she do
Just trying to make the best of the hometown blues
Blues
[Bridge]
Baby, save me, save me
Save me with your sweet smile
Honey, I really need you
To help me kill a little bit of time
[Verse 3]
All of the girls run with the crowd
They go wild when the lights go down
They got a little money and live in a dream
They want to be the queen of every little scene
[Chorus]
It don't really matter if they don't or if they do
They're trying to make the best of the hometown blues
Blues
[Outro]
Blues
Blues
Blues
[Verse 1]
Well, the moon sank as the wind blew
And the street lights slowly died
Yeah, they call you the wild one
Said stay away from her
Said she couldn't love no one if she tried
[Chorus]
But then something I saw in your eyes
Told me right away
That you were gonna have to be mine
And the strangest feeling came over me down inside
No matter what it takes
I'll never get over how good it felt
When you finally held me
I will never regret, baby
Those few hours linger on in my head forever
[Verse 2]
Well, it's too bad, but I want you
To know I understand
Yeah, it's been a long time
But I don't mind
Yeah it's alright, I understand
[Chorus]
Because something I saw in your eyes
Told me right away
That you were gonna have to be mine
And the strangest feeling came over me down inside
I knew right away
I'll never get over how good it felt
When you finally kissed me
I will never regret, baby
Those few hours linger on in my head forever
[Outro]
And ever
[Verse 1]
Some friends of mine and me stayed up all through the night
Rocking pretty steady 'til the sky went light
And didn't go to bed
Didn't go to work
I picked up the telephone
Told the boss he was a jerk
Your mama don't like it when you run around with me
But we got to hip your mama that you got to live free
Don't need her, don't need school
You don't like your daddy and you don't like rules
[Chorus]
So, come on, baby, let's go
Don't you hear the rock 'n' roll playing on the radio
Sound so right?
Girl, your better grab hold
Everybody got to know
Anything that's rock 'n' roll's fine
Anything that's rock 'n' roll's fine
Anything that's rock 'n' roll's fine
[Bridge]
Oh, oh-oh-oh, my little baby
I'm a little bit shaky
I'm a little bit crazy
But I know what I want
I want it right now
While the electric guitars are playing way up loud
[Chorus]
Come on, baby, let's go
Don't you hear the rock 'n' roll playing on the radio
Sound so right?
Come on, baby, grab hold
Everybody got to know
Anything that's rock 'n' roll's fine
Anything that's rock 'n' roll's fine
Anything that's rock 'n' roll's fine
[Outro]
(Doo, doo-doo-da-da, this rock 'n' roll) Is so fine
(Doo, doo-doo-da-da, this rock 'n' roll) Is so fine
(Doo, doo-doo-da-da, this rock 'n' roll)
(Doo, doo-doo-da-da, this rock 'n' roll)
Well it was dark at midnight
There was hardly any moon
And no one really saw much
No one was really sure
But something didn't seem right
Something was kind of queer
A roar turned into whispers
Everyone stood there
As the sound split the night
They ran hiding from the light
Like strangers in the night
Strangers in the night
Well I didn't see no shotgun
I didn't see no knife
But I saw this crazy black guy
With the demon in his eye
And I heard him say "white man"
I've seen that silver cue
You don't remember me well
But I remember you
As the sound split the night
They ran hiding from the light
Like strangers in the night
Strangers in the night
Well the knife just left his fingers
As the black guy took his aim
White guy's head exploded
The black guy howled in pain
Then everybody scattered
I heard some woman scream
God damn you old black bastard
You've blown away my dreams
As the sound split the night
They ran hiding from the light
Like strangers in the night
Strangers in the night
[Verse 1]
Strange voice on the telephone
Telling me I better leave you alone
Why don't somebody say what's going on
Uh-oh, I think I been through this before
[Chorus]
Looks like I'm the fool again
Looks like I'm the fool again
I don't like it
I don't like it
[Verse 2]
You never said you had no number two
I need to know about it if you do
If two is one I might as well be three
It's good to see you think so much of me
[Chorus]
Looks like I'm the fool again
Looks like I'm the fool again
I don't like it
I don't like it
Oh
[Instrumental Break]
[Interlude]
Look out
[Verse 2]
You never said you had no number two
I need to know about it if you do
If two is one I might as well be three
It's good to see you think so much of me
[Chorus]
Looks like I'm the fool again
Looks like I'm the fool again
I don't like it
I don't like it
I don't like it
I don't like it
Ow
[Outro]
Look out
I don't like it
I don't like it
'Cause you never, never look out
I don't, I don't like it
Hey, 'cause you never, never look out
I said I don't like it, I don't
I, I don't like it
[Verse 1]
Well, she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinkin' that there
Was a little more to life somewhere else
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
And if she had to die tryin', she
Had one little promise she was gonna keep
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night (Make it last all night)
She was an American girl
[Verse 2]
Well, it was kinda cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony (Ooh)
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God, it's so painful when something that is so close
Is still so far out of reach
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night (Make it last all night)
She was an American girl (Ooh)