Blue lights, big crowd
Jukebox plays loud
No fear, no cares
Everybody rockin' everywhere
CHORUS:
Rockhouse, Rockhouse, Rockhouse
We're goin' to the Rockhouse, rock, the Rockhouse
We'll rock it in the mornin', rock it in daylight
Rockin' through the evenin' & won't be home tonight
Rockhouse, we're goin' to the Rockhouse, rock, the Rockhouse
(instrumental)
Are late, you'll lose
No trouble, no blues
Come one, come all
We'll rock it up & have a ball
(chorus)
(repeat title & fade)
Uptown
(Roy Orbison/Joe Melson)
(U-uptown, u-uptown)
Uptown, in Penthouse #3
Uptown, there lives a doll just made for me
She's the finest thing that you've ever seen, uh huh
Uptown, I see her most every day
Uptown, but she never ever looks my way
I'm just a bellop; you see, I can't stop
& tell her what I wanna say
(x2):
One of these days I'm gonna have money
She'll wanna be my ever-lovin' honey
It won't be long, just-a wait & see
I'll have a big car, fine clothes & then I'll be
Uptown, in Penthouse #3
Uptown, just my baby & me
(repeat & fade):
(U-uptown, u-uptown)
Working For The Man
(Roy Orbison)
(Uh-huh) Hey now, you'd better listen to me, every one of you
(Ooo) We got a lotta lotta lotta lotta work to do
(Ooo) Forget about your women & that water can
(Ooo) Today you're workin' for the man
Well pick up your feet, we've got a deadline to meet
I wanna see you make it on time
Oh don't relax, I want elbows & backs
I wanna see everybody from behind
'Cause you're workin' for the man, workin' for the man
You gotta make him a hand, workin' for the man
So I'm pickin' 'em up & I'm layin' 'em down
I believe he's gonna work me into the ground
I pull to the left, I heave to the right
I oughta kill him but it wouldn't be right
'Cause I'm workin' for the man, workin' for the man
I gotta make him a hand, workin' for the man
Well the boss' daughter sneaks-a me water
Every time her daddy's down the line
She says "Meet me tonight, love me right
& everything is gonna be fine"
So I slave all day without much pay
I'm just a-bidin' my time
'Cause the company & the daughter you see
They're both gonna be all mine
Yeah I'm gonna be the man, gonna be the man
Gotta make him a hand if I'm gonna be the man
I'm workin' for the man, workin' for the man
I gotta make him a hand, workin' for the man
...& fade
Intro:
Hmmmm well, I've got a woman mean as she can be
Well I've got a woman mean as she can be
Sometimes I think she's almost mean as me
She got ruby lips, she got shapely hips, yeah
All she makes a-run & flee
But I've got a woman mean as she can be
Sometimes I think she's almost mean as me
Well I ain't braggin, it's understood
Everything I do, well I sure do it good
& I've got a woman mean as she can be
Sometimes I think she's almost mean as me, well
(instrumental)
(repeat verse 1)
(volume down slightly; scat singing by Roy & backup)
Well me got a woman, yeah me got a woman
Yeah me got a woman, well me got a woman
Sometimes I think she's almost mean as me
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