Shooting Straight In The Dark Lyrics - 1971
(mary-chapin carpenter)
Chorus:
Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the twist and shout
Find a two-step 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
Gonna dance to a band from a-lou'sian' tonight
Well 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 some day i was gonna go
Down highway 10 past lafayette
To 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 a alligator stew and a crawfish pie
A Gulf storm blowin' into town tonight
Livin on the delta's quite a show
They got hurricane parties every time it blows
And 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 coming 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 1910
You gonna feel a little bit young again
Well you learned to dance with your rock'n'roll
You learned to swing with a do-si-do
But you learn to love at the fais-do-do
When you hear a little jolie blonde
(repeat chorus)
