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reelin'

 

A good ol' rock 'n' roll tale of a young man who's led astray (not entirely unwillingly) by his friends.

 

 

 

 
 
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Instruments:
Taylor 6-string guitar
Patrick Eggle electric guitar
Jim Deacon acoustic bass guitar
Yamaha keyboards
Alesis drums

 

We were rockin’ and we were rollin’;
we were rockin’ and rollin’ all night long;
we were rockin’ and we were reelin’:
we were rockin’ and reelin’ all night long.

On Tuesday night, you said there was a dance down at the club;
just come on straight from work, you said; don’t stop at the pub;
like a fool I said I would and all your friends I met;
now my head is splitting and my folly I regret, ‘cos

we were rockin’ and we were rollin’;
we were rockin’ and rollin’ all night long;
we were rockin’ and we were reelin’:
we were rockin’ and reelin’ all night long.

As I walked in the door, the band began to play this song;
I hadn’t got my coat off when your sister came along;
she dragged me to the dance floor and began a red-hot jive;
I think that I was lucky to get out of there alive, ‘cos

we were rockin’ and we were rollin’;
we were rockin’ and rollin’ all night long;
we were rockin’ and we were reelin’:
we were rockin’ and reelin’ all night long.

I danced with girls; I danced with boys; I danced with half the town;
my feet were sore as hell, but I could not sit down;
and after then, I don’t remember much of anythin’;
it must have been that somethin’ that you put in my gin, ‘cos

we were rockin’ and we were rollin’;
we were rockin’ and rollin’ all night long;
we were rockin’ and we were reelin’:
we were rockin’ and reelin’ all night long.
We were rockin’ and we were rollin’;
we were rockin’ and rollin’ all night long;
we were rockin’ and we were reelin’:
we were rockin’ and reelin’ all night long.

(©2001 Stewart Bowman)