Chuck Berry

[fox69]

"Thirteen Question Method"

"Thirteen Question Method"


The 'thirteen question method' is the one to use
The 'thirteen question method' is the one to use
The 'thirteen question method' is the one
To use when you want to go have some fun
The 'thirteen question method' is the one to use

Question number one: let's have some fun
Question number two is: what to do?
Question number three is: will you dine and dance with me?
Question number four: out the door?

Question number five: I want you to know jive
Question number six: how long to get fixed?
Question number seven: should I pick you up at a quarter to eleven?
Question number eight: is it a date?

Question number nine is: where to dine?
Question number ten: can we get in?
Question number eleven: it'll be just like heaven
Question number twelve when we're by ourselves

The 'thirteen question method' is the one to use
The 'thirteen question method' is the one to use
The 'thirteen question method' is the one
To use when you want to go have some fun
The 'thirteen question method' is the one to use

 

[fox69]

"Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)"

"Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)"


I'm gonna give you thirty days to get back home
I done called up the gypsy woman on the telephone
She gonna send out a world wide hoodoo
That'll be the very thing that'll suit you
I'm gonna see that you be back home in thirty days
Oh thirty days (thirty days)
Oh thirty days (thirty days)
Baby, I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
Gonna send out a world wide hoodoo
That'll be the very thing that'll suit you
I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days.

I done talked to the judge in private early this morning
And he took me to the sheriff's office to sign a warrant
Gonna put a cross charge agin' ya
That'll be the very thing that'll send ya
I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
Oh thirty days (thirty days)
Oh thirty days (thirty days)
I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
Gonna put a cross charge agin' ya
That'll be the very thing that'll send ya
I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days

If I don't get no satisfaction from the judge
I'm gonna take it to the FBI and voice my grudge
If they don't give me no consolation
I'm gonna take it to the United Nations
I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
Oh thirty days (thirty days)
Oh thirty days (thirty days)
Baby I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days
You don't give me no consolation
I'm gonna take it to the United Nations
I'm gonna see that you'll be back home in thirty days

 

[fox69]

"Together (We'll Always Be)"

"Together (We'll Always Be)"


I saw you over there
But what could I do?
I couldn't stand and stare
Or come and talk to you
And it is always fair
To formally be introduced?
To you especially

I took it on my own
To come an talk to you
Because you were alone
I hope I didn't intrude
Observing you had shown
That you were so lonely and blue

Nothing beats a failure like a try
There's a great reward
Someone will surely hail you
If you try
But you must try hard
And if I hadn't tried
I wonder where I'd be
If I upon relied
On fate you meeting me
But because I tried
Together we'll always be

Nothing beats a failure like a try
There's a great reward
Someone will surely hail you
If you try
But you must try hard
And if I hadn't tried
I wonder where I'd be
If I upon relied
On fate you meeting me
But because I tried
Together we'll always be

Oh darling
Together we'll always be

 

[fox69]

"Too Much Monkey Business"

"Too Much Monkey Business"


Runnin' to and fro, hard workin' at the mill
Never failed in the mail, yet come a rotten bill
Too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in

Salesman talking to me tryin' to run me up a creek
Says you can buy it, go on try it, you can pay me next week
Ah, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in

Blonde haired, good lookin' tryin' to get me hooked
Wants me to marry, get a home, settle down, write a book
Ha, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in

Same thing every day, gettin' up, goin' to school
No need to be complainin', my objections overruled
Ah, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in

Pay phone, somethin' wrong, dime gone, will mail
I ought to sue the operator for tellin' me a tale
Ah, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in

I been to Yokohama, been a fightin' in the war
Army bunk, army chow, army clothes, army car
Ha, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
Too much monkey business for me to be involved in

Workin' in the fillin' station, too many tasks
Wipe the windows, check the tires, check the oil, dollar gas
Uh-uh, too much monkey business, too much monkey business
I don't want your botheration, go away, leave me be

Too much monkey business for me

 

[fox69]

"Too Pooped To Pop"

"Too Pooped To Pop"


Casey is an old man who wants to be a teen
He goes to all the dances and they call him cha-cha king
He cha-chas when the band is playin' rock and roll
He tries to keep in time but the beat leaves him cold.

Because he's too pooped to pop, too old a soul
Hips gettin' weaker when he tries to do the stroll
And every time his feet get to go in one way
Here comes a new dance and it's goin' to stray.

Chicks told Casey, You better move man,
This is only a one night stand
Casey wasn't in time but he was dancin' awhile
Till a cramp caught his leg and he had to change his style.

Because he's too pooped to pop, too old a soul
Hips gettin' weaker when he tries to do the stroll
And every time his feet get to go in one way
Here comes a new dance and it's goin' to stray.

Because he's too pooped to pop, too old a soul
Hips gettin' weaker when he tries to do the stroll
And every time his feet get to go in one way
Here comes a new dance and it's goin' to stray.

Casey finally learned to do the hoochie koo
This might have been fine back in '22
Now, I'm gonna give you fellows just a little tip
If you wanna keep your girl you'd better get hip
Or, you'll be too pooped to pop, too old a soul
You hips are gettin' weaker when you'll try to do the stroll
And every time your feet gettin' to go in one way
Here comes a new dance you'll be left to stray.

 

[fox69]

"Trick Or Treat"

"Trick Or Treat"


Trick or treat, baby, on a night like this,
Trick or treat, wo, wo, an d that means a kiss.
Trick or treat, baby, and don't let me miss
A sweet kiss from you on a night like this.

Trick or treat, baby, by the light of the moon,
Trick or treat, wo, wo, don't leave me so soon.
Trick or treat, baby, I go in a swoon
From the sweet way you kiss me by the light of the moon.

Trick or treat, baby, oh, what a night,
Trick or treat, wo, wo, what a sweet delight.
Trick or treat, baby, and hold me tight,
And keep kissin' me sweetly, oh, what a night.

Trick or treat, baby, in your own sweet way,
Trick or treat, wo, wo, anything you say.
Trick or treat, wo, wo, wo, wo,
I just love for you to kiss me in your own sweet way.

 

[fox69]

"Tulane"

"Tulane"


Tulane and Johnny opened a novelty shop
Back under the counter was the cream of the crop
Eveything was clicking and the business was good
'Til one day, lo and behold, an officer stood
Johnny jumped the counter but he stumbled and fell
But Tulane made it over Johnny ??? as he yelled

Go ahead on, Tulane, he can't catch up with you
Go Tulane, he ain't man enough for you
Go Tulane, use all the speed you got
Go Tulane, you know you need a lot
Go Tulane, he laggin' behind
Go ahead on, Tulane

Go by your father's house and tell him business is slow
And see if he will loan us something, soon as he hits the dough
Put the cat out in the hall and rumple up the room
Go by Doctor Keller's, tell him you swollowed some perfume
Tell him we need him quick, 'cause he may to testify
That you been sick all day and that's a perfect alibi

Go ahead on, Tulane, he can't catch up with you
Go Tulane, he ain't man enough for you
Go Tulane, use all the speed you got
Go Tulane, you know you need a lot
Go Tulane, he laggin' behind
Go ahead on, Tulane

Go, let Danny drive in case you run into the man
Back by the shop and get the stuff and hide it in the van
Go back by your father's, get the money for the bail
And bring it down and bail me out this rotten, funky jail
We got to get a lawyer in the click of politics
Somebody who can win the thing or get the thing fixed

Go ahead on, Tulane, he can't catch up with you
Go Tulane, he ain't man enough for you
Go Tulane, use all the speed you got
Go Tulane, you know you need a lot
Go Tulane, he laggin' behind
Go ahead on, Tulane, go ahead on

 

[fox69]

"Vacation Time"

"Vacation Time"


Picnics, beaches, and ball rooms,
Just me and my honey bun;
Home-work they shout,
Is over and out,
Vacation's just begun.

Far from the city, beneath a shade-tree,
We'll spread a basket for two;
Then we'll discuss the future for us,
And I'll whisper love words to you.

Just can't wait for that swimmin' date,
To see your new bathing suit.
It must be a "gas" 'cause one you had last,
Gee! Was' it cute!

So we will dance and bypass romance,
Right now they say we're too young;
But I shall (will) marry you my love
As soon as you (we) reach twenty one.

 

[fox69]

"Vaya Con Dios"

"Vaya Con Dios"


Now the hacienda's dark, the town is sleeping
Now the time has come to part, the time for weeping

Vaya Con Dios, my darling
Vaya Con Dios, my love

Now, the village mission bells are softly ringing
Just listen with your heart, you'll hear them singing

Vaya Con Dios, my darling
Vaya Con Dios, my love

Wherever you may be, darling, I'll be beside you
Although you're many, many million dreams away
Each night I'll say a prayer, a prayer to guide you
To hasten every lonely hour of every lonely day

Now the dawn is breaking through a lonely tomorrow
I weep as I wait for your return, I wait in sorrow

Vaya Con Dios, my darling
Vaya Con Dios, my love

 

[fox69]

"Viva Rock And Roll"

"Viva Rock And Roll"


Rock it, g'on jerk it, child, work it
Rock it, g'on take it, child, shake it
Rock it, oh singing the song
Viva, viva, rockin' along

Grandma and Grandpa did the Charleston Rug
Aunt Mary and Uncle Joe, they did the Jitterbug
My sister used to do the Twist and Shout
But I'm with the Go-Go, I'm workin' on out

Rock on, g'on jerk it, child, work it, child
Rock on, go 'head and shake it, I can take it
Rock on, oh my soul
Viva, viva, rock 'n' roll

Rock it, g'on jerk it, child, work it
Rock it, g'on take it, child, shake it
Rock on, oh my soul
Viva, viva, rock 'n' roll

My mother had my sister learning Bach and Strauss
For years it was the only music in our house
But I got my guitar and I rearranged Bach
And came up with some good old folk and country rock

Rock on, go 'head and jerk it, child, work it
Rock on, go 'head and take it, I can shake it
Rock on, oh my soul
Viva, viva, rock 'n' roll