Born To Boogie

WELL MY MAMA

MET MY DADDY

DOWN IN ALABAM'

THEY TIED THE KNOT

SO HERE I AM

BORN ON THE BAYOU

ON THE TEXAS LINE

LOVED IN LOUISIANA

AND RAISED

ON JAMBALAYA

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NOW BEFORE

I COULD WALK

I HAD A GUITAR

IN MY HAND

BY THE TIME I COULD TALK

I HAD MY OWN BAND

I WENT ON THE ROAD

WHEN I WAS

EIGHT YEARS OLD

WHEN I TURNED FIFTEEN

I WAS STEALIN'

THE SHOW

MONEY TO BURN

AND THE GIRLS

WERE PRETTY

DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG

TO LEARN THAT I WAS

BORN TO BOOGIE

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WHEN I WAS EIGHTEEN

I WENT TO HOLLYWOOD

I MET ELVIS

AND MARILYN

AND JOHNNY B. GOODE

GOT MY GUITAR PAINTED

AND SOME

CALIFORNIA SUN

A RED CADILLAC

HAVIN' TOO MUCH FUN

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NOW WE WERE PLAYIN'

THEM HALLS

AND JAMMIN' THEM

AND WE MOVED IT

ON OVER TO MGM

THEY SAID

THIS IS THE BOY

WE BEEN

TELLIN' YOU ABOUT

HE LIT A CIGAR

AND HE

STUCK HIS HAND OUT

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HE SAID SON HAVE WE

GOT A DEAL FOR YOU

I'M GONNA MAKE YOU

A STAR

GIVE YOU

FIFTY THOUSAND TOO

I TOLD HIM MY MAMA

DIDN'T RAISE NO FOOL

I'LL TAKE YOUR MONEY

I'LL MAKE YOUR MOVIE

BUT I CAN TELL YOU

RIGHT NOW

I WAS BORN TO BOOGIE

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WELL MY NAME

IS BOCEPHUS

I DRINK WHISKEY

BY THE GALLON

AND I NEVER

BACK DOWN

AND I LOVE

A GOOD CHALLENGE

WHAT I DO NOW

IS WHAT I DID THEN

I LIKE TO GET DOWN

WITH ALL

MY ROWDY FRIENDS

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NOW I CAN BE SWEET

AND I CAN BE MEAN

I STILL GOT MY HAT

AND I STILL WEAR

MY JEANS

MY SHADES ARE CHROME

MY GUITAR IS STEEL

IF YOU THINK I WON'T

THEN BELIEVE ME I WILL

GET DOWN ON YOU BABY

'CAUSE I AIN'T NO ROOKIE

I WAS PUT HERE TO PARTY

AND I WAS

BORN TO BOOGIE