Cotton Avenue Lyrics - Mitchell Joni

A red sun came rolling down a grey sky 

And the frogs and dogs and night birds then 

Started up singing sweet country lullaby 

You see that patch of city lights- 

Somewhere in there's Cotton Avenue- 

That's where I'm going to take myself tonight 

With a spit shine on my dancing shoes 

If you got a place like that to go 

You just have to go there 

If you got no place special 

Well then, you just go no place special 

I guess it's just the summer in the young blood 

Ripe and juicy in the young blood 

Teasing to go down to ... 

Cotton Avenue 

To hear the shiny shiny music 

See all the shiny people dancing to it 

Anytime you go to ... 

Cotton Avenue 

If you got a place like that to go 

You know you got to go there 

If you got no place special 

Well then, you just go no place special 

You see that summer storm brewing in the southern sky 

By the time it hits here I'll be dancing high and dry 

To rhythm and blues 

On Cotton Avenue 

Poor boys'll be hanging around outside in the street 

They got all the latest words 

They're dancing to the latest beat 

While they're hustling and sizing you 

On Cotton Avenue 

If you got a place like that to go 

You just have to go there 

If you've got no place special 

Well my dear 

You just so no place ... special