Rock this town (1981) (video)

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1. Well, my baby and me went out late Saturday night,

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I had my hair piled high and my baby just looked so right.

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Well, pick you up at ten, gotta have you home at two,

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mama don’t know what I got in store for you,

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but that’s alright cause we’re lookin’ as cool as can be.

+ D - A - D - A (2x)

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2. Well, we found a little place that really didn’t look half bad,

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I had a whiskey on the rocks and change of dollar for the jukebox.

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Well, I put a quarter right into that can, but all it played was disco, man,

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come on, pretty baby, let’s get out of here right away !

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We’re gonna rock this town, rock it inside out,

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we’re gonna rock this town, make ‘em scream and shout !

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Let’s rock, rock, rock, man, rock,

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we’re gonna rock till we pop, we’re gonna rock till we drop,

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we’re gonna rock this town, rock it inside out.

+ D - G - D - A - D (2x)

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3. Well, we’re having a ball just a-boppin’ on the big dance floor,

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well, there’s a real square cat, he looks a nineteen seventy-four,

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Well, he looked at me once, he looked at me twice,

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looked at me again and there’s gonna be fight,

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w’re gonna rock this town, we’re gonna rip this place apart.

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We’re gonna rock this town, rock it inside out,

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we’re gonna rock this town, make ‘em scream and shout !

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Let’s rock, rock, rock, man rock,

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we’re gonna rock till we pop, we’re gonna rock till we drop,

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we’re gonna rock this town, rock this place apart !

+ instrumental = CHORUS + D - A - D - A (2x)

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We’re gonna rock this town, rock it inside out,

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we’re gonna rock this town, make ‘em scream and shout !

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Let’s rock, rock, rock, man, rock,

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we’re gonna rock till we pop, we’re gonna rock till we drop,

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we’re gonna rock this town, rock it inside out.

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+ We’re gonna rock this town, rock it inside out. (2x)

(The Stray Cats)