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Track

Seaside Bar Song

Label
Columbia Records
Release Date
10 November 1998
Lyrics

Well Billy bought a Chevy ’40 coupe deluxe
Chrome wheels, stick shift, give her gas, pop the clutch
Girls on the corner like a diamond they shine
Someday Billy I’m gonna make ’em all mine
Hey girl, you wanna ride in Daddy’s Cadillac?
‘Cause I love the way your long hair falls down your back
Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley’s at the Seaside Bar
We’ll run barefoot in the sand, listen to his guitar
You say your mama’s gonna meet you when the morning comes
And your papa’s gonna beat you ’cause he knows you’re out on the run
I’m gonna live a life of love and tonight you’re the one
The highway is alive tonight so baby do not be frightened
There’s something about a pretty girl on a sweet summer night
That gets this boy excited
The radio man finally understands and plays you something you can move to
You lay back, cut loose your drive power
Your girl leans over and says, “Daddy, can you turn that radio up any louder?”
The juke joint’s hummin’, everybody came down
Little Willie and his Soul Brooms laying all this stuff now
Well don’t let that daylight steal your soul
Get in your wheels and roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll
Oh that’s all right now
Oh go on, go on, go on
Oh mama’s gonna meet you when the morning comes
And your daddy’s gonna beat you ’cause he knows you’re out on the run
But I don’t care, I wanna live a life of love while the night’s still young

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