Hello, stranger
It seems so good to see you back again
How long has it been? (seems like a mighty long time)
(shoo-bop, shoo-bop, my baby, ooh)
It seems like a mighty long time
It’s been a long time since I rock-and-rolled.
It’s been a long time since I did the Stroll.
Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back, let me get it back, baby, where I come from.
It’s been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time.
The tiny remark that tortures you
The fear that your friends won’t like her too
I’m glad I’m not young anymore
The longing to end the stale affair
Until you find out she doesn’t care
I’m glad that I’m not young anymore
Well you can tell everyone I’m a damn disgrace
Drag my name all over the place
I don’t care anymore
You can tell everybody about the state I’m in
You won’t catch me crying 'cause I just can’t win
I don’t care anymore
In a soldier’s stance, I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I’d become my enemy in the instant that I preach
My existence led by confusion boats, mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now
He’s five-foot-two and he’s six-feet-four,
He fights with missiles and with spears,
He’s all of thirty-one and he’s only seventeen,
He’s been a soldier for a thousand years.
And I ain’t marchin’ anymore
For I marched to the battles of the German trench
In a war that was bound to end all wars
Oh I must have killed a million men
And now they want me back again
But I ain’t marchin’ anymore
I’m gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
I’m gonna study, study, war no more
I ain’t gonna study war no more
Ain’t gonna study war no more
I ain’t gonna study war no more
Trained to live off nature’s land
Trained in combat hand to hand
Men who fight by night and day
Courage take from the Green Beret
You’ve heard about the Jolly Green Giant (eggplant)
Don’t let his troubles cross your mind (celery stalks)
He couldn’t get Sally, so went back to his valley
The cat was color-blind
Mustang Sally, think you better slow your Mustang down
Mustang Sally, think you better slow your Mustang down
You been running all over the town now
Oh! I guess I’ll have to put your flat feet on the ground
I saw uncle John with long tall Sally
He saw aunt Mary comin’ and he ducked back in the alley
Oh baby, yeah now baby, woo baby
Some fun tonight
Well, long tall Sally’s built pretty sweet
She got everything that uncle John needs
Oh baby, yeah now baby, woo baby
Some fun tonight
Everybody have fun tonight,
Everybody have fun tonight,
Everybody Wang Chung tonight,
Everybody have fun tonight,
Everybody Wang Chung tonight.
Everybody have fun.
Tonight, tonight
Won’t be just any night
Tonight there will be no morning star
Tonight, tonight
I’ll see my love tonight
And for us stars will stop where they are
Sitting in the stand of the sports arena
Waiting for the show to begin
Red lights, green lights, strawberry wine
A good friend of mine, follow the stars
Venus and Mars
Are alright tonight
So come on out tonight
And we’ll lead the others
On a ride through paradise
And if you feel all right
Then we can be lovers
'Cause I see that starlight
Look in your eyes
Don’t you know we can fly
Just gimme the night
Gimme the night
Though it’s cold and lonely in the deep dark night,
I can see paradise by the dashboard light.
She calls out to the man in the street
“Sir, can you help me?
It’s gettin’ cold and there’s nowhere to sleep
Is there somewhere you can tell me?”
Oh, think twice
'Cause there’s another day for you and me in paradise
Oh, think twice
'Cause there’s another day for you
You and me in paradise
And it ain’t no use in a-turnin’ on your light, babe
The light I never knowed
An’ it ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe
I’m on the dark side of the road
But I wish there was somethin’ you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin’ anyway
But don’t think twice, it’s all right
So now I’m goin’ back again
I got to get to her somehow
All the people we used to know
They’re an illusion to me now
Some are mathematicians
Some are carpenters’ wives
Don’t know how it all got started
I don’t know what they’re doin’ with their lives
But me, I’m still on the road
Headin’ for another joint
We always did feel the same
We just saw it from a different point of view
Tangled up in blue