Have you seen my baby On the avenue? You know she's driving me crazy With the funny things she do I seen her with the milkman Ridin' down the street
There ain't no moon There ain't no stars Have to close up soon 'Cause there ain't no cars Got no radio Got no telephone I'm just awful bored And I'm
Let's burn down the cornfield Let's burn down the cornfield And we can listen to it burn You hide behind the oak tree You hide behind the oak tree Stay
We met one summer evening As the sun was going down She was lying on the beach In her graduation gown She was wrapped up in a blanket (I could tell she
Rosemary, won't you come out tonight? The moon is shining and the stars are bright If you stay inside, how can I love you, dear When you're up there
I saw your name, baby In a telephone booth And it told all about you, mama Boy, I hope it was the truth I took down your number Looked up your address
(Mack Gordon & Harry Revel) Creole ladies walk along with rhythm in their thighs Rhythm in their hips and in their lips and in their eyes, Where do
I'm goin' down to the corner Gonna have myself a drink I'm goin' down to the corner Gonna have myself a drink 'Cause that shit that we been usin' It
Turpentine and dandelion wine I've turned the corner and I'm doin' fine Shootin' at the birds on the telephone line Pickin' em off with this gun of mine
Very far away in a foreign land Live the yellow woman and the yellow man He's been around for many-a-year They say they were there before we were here
Will you have whiskey with your water Or sugar with your tea? What are these crazy questions That they're asking of me? This is the wildest party that
Don't send me no young girl to love me With their eyes shinin' bright All the young girls are afraid of me Send me a woman tonight Don't send me no
