Down At The Twist And Shout Lyrics - Mary Chapin Carpenter

(Mary-Chapin Carpenter) 

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 

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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 

They got a alligator stew and a crawfish pie 

A Gulf 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 

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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 

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 

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