Saturday night and the moon is out
I'm gonna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a distaff partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up, I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle, wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Louisian' tonight
I never have wandered down to New Orleans
Never have drifted down a bayou stream
But I heard that music on the radio
And I swore someday I was gonna go
Down to the Highway 10 that's to Lafayette
There's Baton Rouge and I won't forget
To send you a card with my regrets
'Cause I'm never gonna come back home
REPEAT CHORUS
They got an alligator stew and a crawfish pie
A gulf storm blowin' into town tonight
Livin' on the delta it's quite a show
They got hurricane parties everytime it blows
But here up north it's a cold, cold rain
And there ain't no cure for my blues today
Except when the paper says Beausoleil
Is a-comin' into town, baby let's go down
REPEAT CHORUS
Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister,
too
They got lots of music and lots of room
When they play you a waltz from the 1910
You're gonna feel a little bit young again
Well, you learned to dance with your rock 'n roll
You learned to swing with the doe c'est doe
But you learned to love at the fais doe-doe
When you hear a little Jolie Blon
