Saturday Night Fish Fry Lyrics - Dr. Feelgood

(jordan/walsh) 

(anglo-pic music co.ltd.) 

If you've ever been down to new orleans 

Then you can understand just what I mean 

All through the week it's as quiet as a mouse 

But on saturday night they go from house to house 

You don't have to pay when you only mention 

If you're a cook or a waiter or a good musician 

If you just happen to be passing by 

Stop in at the saturday night fish fry 

It was rocking, it was rocking 

You never seen such scuffling and shuffling 

'til the break of dawn 

It was rocking, it was rocking 

You never seen such scuffling and shuffling 

'til the break of dawn 

Now my buddy and me was on the bandstand 

Fooling around, just me and him 

We decided we could use something to eat 

So we went to a house on rampart street 

We knocked on the door and it opened with ease 

A light-skinned miss said 'come in, please' 

Before we could even bat an eye 

We was right in the middle of a big fish fry 

It was rocking, it was rocking 

You never seen such scuffling and shuffling 

'til the break of dawn 

It was rocking, it was rocking 

You never seen such scuffling and shuffling 

'til the break of dawn 

Now the woman was screaming and jumping and yelling 

The bottles were flying and the fish were smelling 

From way up above all the noise they made 

Somebody hollered 'better get outta here, this is a raid' 

I didn't know we were breaking the law 

Somebody reached over and hit me on the jaw 

They had locked up from the front and the back 

Putting them in the wagon like potato sacks 

It was rocking, it was rocking 

You never seen such scuffling and shuffling 

'til the break of dawn 

It was rocking, it was rocking 

You never seen such scuffling and shuffling 

'til the break of dawn 

I knew I could away if I had the chance 

But I was shaking like I had st. vitus' dance 

I tried to crawl under a bathtub 

A policeman said 'hey, now where you going, bud? ' 

They got us outta there like a house on fire 

And put us all in that black mariah 

They might of missed one or two 

But they got both me and my buddy too 

It was rocking, it was rocking 

You never seen such scuffling and shuffling 

'til the break of dawn 

It was rocking, it was rocking 

You never seen such scuffling and shuffling 

'til the break of dawn 

Well we headed for jail in a dazed condition 

They booked each one of us on suspicion 

My chick came down and she went my bail 

Finally got me outta that rotten jail 

If you ever wanna go get a fist in your eye 

Just mention a saturday night fish fry 

I don't care how many fish in the sea 

Don't ever mention a fish to me 

It was rocking, it was rocking 

You never seen such scuffling and shuffling 

'til the break of dawn 

It was rocking, it was rocking 

You never seen such scuffling and shuffling 

'til the break of dawn 

It was rocking, it was rocking 

You never seen such scuffling and shuffling 

'til the break of dawn