But me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight
Hold me closer tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today
Our lives are better left to chance,
I could’ve missed the pain,
But I’d of had to miss the dance…
But they pumped you full of rifle shells as you
stepped out the door
Oh you danced in death like a marionette on the vengeance of the law
“You’ve slept too long in silence” Mama said
Remember Mama said
Ticking, ticking
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can’t use it anymore
It’s getting dark,
Too dark to see
Feel I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door
One night I was dancing with a lady in black
Wearing black silk gloves and a black silk hat
She looked at me longing with black velvet eyes
She gazed at me strange all cunning and wise
Go rest high on that mountain,
Son your work on earth is done,
Go to heaven a’shouting…
You know you make me wanna (Shout!)
Kick my heels up and (Shout!)
Throw my hands up and (Shout!)
Throw my head back and (Shout!)
Come on now (Shout!)
Shout
Shout
Let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you
Come on
Shake it up, baby
(Shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout,
(Twist and shout)
Let’s twist again like we did last summer.
Summer lovin’ had me a blast,
Summer lovin’ happened so fast…
But I can see you,
Your brown skin shining in the sun.
You got your hair combed back
And your sunglasses on, baby.
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone.
Summertime girls
You make my whole world go around
Summertime girls
When you lift me up I never come down, no, no
On a mission for my summer kiss,
I close my eyes and wet my lips,
But then I miss.
And you laugh at my face.
Unemployed in summertime,
I’ve only just turned 21, I’ll be OK.
I’m gonna raise a fuss, I’m gonna raise a holler
About a-workin’ all summer just to try to earn a dollar
Every time I call my baby, try to get a date
My boss says, “no dice son, you gotta work late”
Sometimes I wonder what I’m a-gonna do
But there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy
Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy’s rich and your ma is good-lookin’
So hush, little baby, don’t you cry
Mama’s gonna buy you a mockingbird,
And if that mockingbird don’t sing,
Mama’s gonna buy you a diamond ring…
Mama, life had just begun
But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooo
Didn’t mean to make you cry
If I’m not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
Mother, should I run for president?
Mother, should I trust the government?
Mother, will they put me in the firing line?
Ooh, aah, is it just a waste of time?