Saturday Night Fish Fry

If you ever been down to New Orleans
then you can understand just what I mean
all through the week it's as quiet as a mouse
but on a saturday night they go from house to house
you don't have to pay the usual admission
if you're a cook, a waiter or a good musician
so if you happen to be just passin' by
stop in at the saturday night fish fry

it was rockin'

Sing it fellas

it was rockin'

See they know what I'm talkin' about

You never seen such scufflin' and a shufflin'
'til the break of dawn

Real southern hospitality

it was rockin'

Oh yeah yeah

it was rockin'

Havin' a real good time

You never seen such scufflin' and a shufflin'
'til the break of dawn

Now my buddy and me we fell right in
and we hollered "Let the joy begin"
we knew this was the right place to play
coz the party was already under way
but all of a sudden the lights went low
and everybody made straight for the front door
man, I was scared I didn't know where to go
so I stood right there then I fell on the floor
it was rockin'
Oh yeah yeah
it was a rockin'
Havin' a real good time

You never seen such scufflin' and a shufflin'
'til the break of dawn

it was a rockin'

Hit the road jack

it was a rockin'

Don't hurry back

You never seen such scufflin' and a shufflin'
'til the break of dawn

Now the women was screamin' and jumpin' and yellin'
the bottles was flyin' and the fish was smellin'
and way up above all the noise they made
somebody hollered

"Better get outta here, it's a raid!"

I didn't know we was breakin' the law
but somebody reached up and hit me on the jaw
they had us blocked off from the front to the back
and they were puttin' them in the wagon like potato sacks

It was rockin'

Oh yeah yeah

It was rockin'

Havin a real good time

You never seen such scufflin' and a shufflin'
'til the break of dawn

it was a rockin'

Hit the road jack

it was a rockin'

Don't hurry back

You never seen such scufflin' and a shufflin'
'til the break of dawn

I knew I could get away if I had a chance
but I was shakin' like I had the saint Vitus dance
I tried to crawl up underneath a bathtub
but a policeman said
"Where you going now bud?"

They got us out of there like a house on fire
and put us all in that black Maria
they might have missed a pitiful few
but they got both me and my buddy too
It was rockin'
Oh yeah yeah
It was rockin'
Havin a real good time
You never seen such scufflin' and a shufflin'
'til the break of dawn
it was a rockin'
Hit the road jack
it was a rockin'
Don't hurry back
You never seen such scufflin' and a shufflin'
'til the break of dawn
We headed for the jail in a dazed condition
they booked each one of us on suspicion
my chick came down and went my bail
and finally got me outta that rotten jail
so if you ever want to get a fist in your eye
just mention a saturday night fish fry
I don't care how many fish in the sea
but don't ever mention fish to me!
It was rockin'
Oh yeah yeah
It was rockin'
Havin a real good time
You never seen such scufflin' and a shufflin'
'til the break of dawn
It was rockin'
Oh yeah yeah
It was rockin'
Havin a real good time
You never seen such scufflin' and a shufflin'
'til the break of dawn
So if you ever get down to New Orleans
come down to the saturday night fish fry
If you ever get down to New Orleans
come down to the saturday night fish fry
If you ever get down to New Orleans
come down to the saturday night fish fry
If you ever get down to New Orleans
come down to the saturday night fish fry
Oh yehhhh!