Now if you've ever been down to New Orleans Then you can understand just what I mean All thru the week it's quiet as a mouse But on Saturday night they go from house to house You don't have to pay the usual admission If you're a cook, a waiter or a good musician So if you happen to be just passin' by Stop in at the Saturday Night Fish Fry It was rockin', it was rockin' You never seen such scufflin' And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn It was rockin', it was rockin' You never seen such scufflin' And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn Now my buddy and me was on the main stem Foolin' around just me and him We decided we could use a little something to eat So we went to a house on Rampart Street We knocked on the door and it opened up with ease And a lush little Miss said, "Come in, please" And before we could even bat an eye We were right in the middle of a big fish fry It was rockin', it was rockin' You never seen such scufflin' And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn It was rockin', it was rockin' You never seen such scufflin' And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn Now the folks was havin' the time of their life And Sam was jivin' Jimmie's wife Over in the corner was a beat up grand Being played by a big fat piano man Some of the chicks wore expensive frocks Some of them had on bobbie socks But everybody was nice and high At this particular Saturday Night Fish Fry It was rockin', it was rockin' You never seen such scufflin' And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn It was rockin', it was rockin' You never seen such scufflin' And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn Now the women were screamin' and jumpin' and yellin' The bottles was flyin', and the fish was smellin' And way above all the noise we made Somebody hollered, "You better get outta here, this is a raid!" I didn't know we was breaking the law but Somebody reached over and hit me on the jaw Now they had us blocked off from front to back And they was puttin' 'em in the wagon like potatoes in a sack It was rockin', it was rockin' You never seen such scufflin' And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn It was rockin', it was rockin' You never seen such scufflin' And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn I knew I could get away if I had a chance But I was shakin' like I had the St. Vitus dance So I tried to crawl in under a bath tab When a policeman said, "Where are you goin' there, bub?" Now they got us out of there like a house on fire And put us all in the black Maria Now they might have missed a pitiful few But they got both me and my buddy too It was rockin', it was rockin' You never seen such scufflin' And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn It was rockin', it was rockin' You never seen such scufflin' And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn Well we headed for jail in a dazed condition They booked each one of us on suspicion Now my chick came down and paid my bail And finally got me outta that rotten jail Now if you ever want to get a fist in your eye Just mention a Saturday Night Fish Fry I don't care how many fish in the sea But don't ever mention a fish to me It was rockin', it was rockin' You never seen such scufflin' And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn It was rockin', it was rockin' You never seen such scufflin' And shufflin' 'till the break of dawn

If I only could deceive you Forgetting the game Every time I try to leave you You laugh just the same 'Cause my wheels never touch the road And the jumble of lies we told Just returns to my back to weigh me down We lay cards upon the table The backs of our hands And I swear I like your people The boys in the band Reminiscences gone astray Coming back to enjoy the fray In a tangle of night and daylight sounds All completeness in the morning Asleep on your side I'll be waking up the crewmen Banana-boat ride She responds like a limousine Brought alive on the silent screen To the shuddering breath of yesterday There's the succour of the needy Incredible scenes I'll believe you in the future Your life and death dreams As the cavalry of despair Takes a stand in the lady's hair For the favour of making sweet 16 You make my life and times A book of bluesy Saturdays And I have to chose

Woo-ooh, woo-ooh, woo-ooh, woo-ooh You're in your bedroom gettin' ready Shakin' and singin' in your underwear And I'm in the gravel, rusted Chevy We're revvin' loud enough the whole town hears While the marchin' band is playin' at the 5A school And the cover band is singin' to the same drunk fools For a speed-trap town, it sure gets loud Tonight we're gonna drown it all out Yeah, Seger on the speakers teachin' us night moves Yeah, got a wild in your eyes, no tellin' what you might do Got my heartbeat beatin' like a kick drum When you're dancin' in the pale moonlight Woo-ooh (woo-ooh) don't it sound so right? Yeah, that's the sound of a Saturday night Whoa-whoa (whoa-whoa) Down in the holler, there's a party They're shooting whiskey and bullets in the air We can go there if you wanna Well, I swear to God the only thing I wanna hear is Yeah, Seger on the speakers teachin' us night moves Yeah, got a wild in your eyes, ain't no tellin' what you might do Got my heartbeat beatin' like a kick drum When you're dancin' in the pale moonlight Woo-ooh (woo-ooh) don't it sound so right? Yeah, that's the sound of a Saturday night Whoa-whoa (whoa-whoa) Saturday night Whoa-whoa (whoa-whoa) Ooh-ooh, Seger on the speakers teachin' us some night moves Yeah, got a wild in your eyes no tellin' what you might do Got my heart b-b-b-beatin' like a kick drum When you're dancin' in the pale moonlight Woo-ooh (woo-ooh) don't it sound so right? Yeah, that's the sound of a Saturday night Whoa-whoa (whoa-whoa), don't it sound so right? Yeah, that's the sound of a Saturday night Whoa-whoa (whoa-whoa) Saturday night Whoa-whoa (whoa-whoa)

I want to be different, like everybody else I want to be like I want to be just like all the different people I have no further interest in being the same Because I have seen difference all around And now I know that that's what I want I don't want to blend in and be indistinguishable I want to be a part of the different crowd And assert my individuality along with the others Who are different like me I don't want to be identical to anyone or anything I don't even want to be identical to myself I want to look in the mirror and wonder "Who is that person? I've never seen that person before I've never seen anyone like that before." I want to call into question the very idea That identity can be attached I want a floating, shifting, ever changing persona Invisibility and obscurity Detachment from the ego and all of its pursuits Unity is useless Comformity is competitive and divisive And leads only to stagnation and death If what I'm saying doesn't make any sense That's because sense can not be made It's something that must be sensed And I, for one, am incensed by all this complacency Why oppose war only when there's a war? Why defend the clinics only when they're attacked? Why are we always reactive? Let's activate something Let's fuck shit up Whatever happened to revolution for the hell of it? Whatever happened to protesting nothing in particular Just protesting 'cause it's Saturday And there's nothing else to do?

She packed her bags and left for Hollywood To be the star I knew she could She's been saving up for quite some time Workin' down at that five-and-dime We said goodbye on a warm spring night I just stood there and watched those fading taillights 'Cause you can hold your own Against anybody I know And stand right up to any man And it's not that I'm afraid You won't come back to me some day It's just will this life be as grand? I heard she found a place and settled in Found some work and made some friends And well there ain't much changed 'round here I just drive my truck down to gеt some beer 'Cause you can hold your own Against anybody I know And stand right up to any man And it's not that I'm afraid You won't come back to mе some day It's just will this life be as grand? And if you need a place to hide away If those city dreams ever start to fray And if the busy sounds ever bring you down You can find me in a small town And girl I really do wish you the best And I hope you find your happiness And if you ever change your mind You'll find that I been waiting here all the time 'Cause you can hold your own Against anybody I know And stand right up to any man And it's not that I'm afraid You won't come back to me some day It's just will this life be as grand? And it's just will this life be as grand?