Down At The Twist And Shout - Mary Chapin Carpenter

Written by：Mary Chapin Carpenter

Saturday night and the moon is out

I gonna 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

Wanna dance to a band from a Lousian' tonight

And 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 someday I was gonna go

Down a highway 10 past Lafayett

There's a Baton Rouge and I won't forget

To send you a card with my regrets

'Cause I'm never gonna come back home

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

Wanna dance to a band from a Lousian' tonight

They gotta alligator stew and a crawfish pie

A gulf storm blowin' into town tonight

Livin' on the delta it's quite a show

They got hurricane parties ev'ry time it blows

But here up north it's a cold cold rain

And there ain't no cure for my blues today

Except when the paper says Beousoleil is a comin' into town

Baby let's go down

Sunday sware la la la la bring

Shebama I lay a to tie free

I don't say just Lousian' sware

So bring your mama bring your papa bring you sister too

They got lots of music and lots of room

When they play you a waltz form a nineteen ten

You're gonna fell a little bit young again

Well you learn to dance with you rockin' roll

You learn to swing with 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

Wanna dance to a band from a Lousian' tonight

Hey I wanna dance to a band from a Lousian' tonight