Down at the Twist and Shout
Mary-Chapin Carpenter
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Saturday night & the moon is out, I wanna head on over to the Twist & Shout
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Find a two-step partner & a Cajun beat, When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
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Out in the middle of a big dance floor, 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, & I swore some day I was gonna go
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Down Highway 10 past Lafayette, To Baton Rouge & I won't forget
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To send you a card with my regrets, 'Cause I'm never gonna come back home
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They got an alligator stew & a crawfish pie, A gulf storm blowing into town tonight
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Living on the delta's quite a show, They got hurricane parties every time it blows
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But here up north it's a cold, cold rain, & there ain't no cure for my blues today
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Except when the paper says Beausoleil, Is a-coming into town, baby let's go down
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Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too,
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They got lots of music & lots of room
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When they play you a waltz from a-1910, You're gonna feel a little bit young again
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Well you learned to dance with your rock & 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-do-do, When you hear a little Jolie Blon
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