Chuck Berry

[fox69]

"Sweet Little Sixteen"

"Sweet Little Sixteen"


They're really rockin' in Boston
In Pittsburgh, PA
Deep in the heart of Texas
And round the Frisco Bay
All over St. Louis
And down in New Orleans
All the cats wanna dance with
Sweet little sixteen

Sweet little sixteen
She's just got to have
About a half a million
Framed autographs
Her wallet filled with pictures
She gets 'em one by one
Become so excited
Watch her, look at her run, boy

"Oh mommy, mommy
Please may I go
It's such a sight to see
Somebody steal the show
Oh daddy, daddy
I beg of you
Whisper to mommy
It's all right with you"

Cause they'll be rockin' on Bandstand
Philadelphia, PA
Deep in the heart of Texas
And round the Frisco Bay
All over St. Louis
Way down in New Orleans
All the cats wanna dance with
Sweet little sixteen

Cause they'll be rockin' on Bandstand
Philadelphia, PA
Deep in the heart of Texas
And round the Frisco Bay
All over St. Louis
Way down in New Orleans
All the cats wanna dance with, oh
Sweet little sixteen

Sweet little sixteen
She's got the grown up blues
Tight dresses and lipstick
She's sportin' high heel shoes
Oh, but tomorrow morning
She'll have to change her trend
And be sweet sixteen
And back in class again

Well, they'll be rockin' in Boston
Pittsburgh, PA
Deep in the heart of Texas
And round the Frisco Bay
Way out in St. Louis
Way down to New Orleans
All the cats wanna dance with
Sweet little sixteen

 

[fox69]

"Sweet Sixteen"

"Sweet Sixteen"


Sweet Sixteen,
Sweet Sixteen,
Sweet Sixteen,
Ah, you're the sweetest little babe
That I've ever seen

But you would not
You would not do
Everything that I ask you to
Guess you ran away from your home, darling
Now, you won't run away from me too

Well, my brother is sent to Korea
And my sister settled down in New-Orleans
Guess my mother is up in heaven
And now I wonder what
Would happen to me

Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen
You're the sweetest little baby
That I ever seen

 

[fox69]

"Talkin' About My Buddy"

"Talkin' About My Buddy"


My buddy finally made a record and took to the road and played guitar
He met this girl from Pennsylvania stuck by his side in love and war
Fearful and fussy, but so faithful, poor and devoted, real and true
She's not the type to be forsaken and I see much of her in you

While on a gig up in Toronto during a pause between his show
He met this foxy German stallion who understood him head to toe
She played it smart and learned his weakness and made him confess and yield into
Her lustful whims became his fancy and I would fear the same from you

Then in the swank suburbs of Houston off in a mansion built of stone
Escorted by this wealthy widow into her lounge and left alone
Her maid announced that she was waiting for him to come and rendezvous
Where he bestowed a long relation one like I hope to have with you

Then on the sands right off the ocean just as the sun sank in the sea
So did my buddy slow and easy into a freak of fancy-free
It was a group in automation getting together two by two
Where people live and love one another, people who live like me and you

Then on the beach in warm Miami there was a teacher far from school
Taught him the way to please a woman, made him concede the Golden Rule
He learned to do it unto others as he used to just have them do
So they began to come together as I will try to do with you

And there was one who was a virgin, never been touched by anyone
She was as pure as any angel, in fact she's called to be a nun
But it was all because my buddy just couldn't spoil a girl so true
And so he left her as he found her, like I may have to do with you

The girl he's got now, he's never left her, she was the first I thought he'd shun
Until I saw my buddy's eyes, when she came forth and bore his son
Since then he's known no other woman, I think his ramblin' days are through
They built a home up in the country, a life I'd love to build with you

Although you've never known my buddy and I am sure he don't know you
But you know the life he's living and all of the changes he's been through
Sweetheart, I'm talking about my buddy 'cause I don't want to wind up blue
I could be happy with you only 'cause I see all of them in you

 

[fox69]

"Tell You About My Buddy"

"Tell You About My Buddy"


I'm goin' tell you about my buddy
But I'm not goin' reveal his name
'Cause it's his life to live and he's livin' it
Claim it to fame or a game of shame

To each his own let nim live it
But there are those who may not agree
But I goin' tell you about my buddy
Ev'ry thing like he told it to me

A woman's the most peculiar creature
And so few has missed his hand
And out of all the ones that he's been with
You know, not one wouldn't take him again

Before you really know a sensuous woman
You have to be with her when she's alone
She could say no and then want you to leave her
And call you right back home after you're gone

You never can tell until after you've tried her
And then you might still be way off the track
Because it's the red and the white and the yellow
Has exactly what's packed in the black

One was a co-ed from Pennsylvania
One from Toronto who dug him the most
One was a rich widow in Houston
And one was a freak from the western coast

One was a teacher out of Chicago
And one had plans to become a nun
And one was the last one I thought he'd cling to
But she was tahe one who gave him a son

So people, I'll tell you 'bout my buddy
And like I say, I just can't reveal his name
It's his life and he's gonna live it
Claim it to fame or game or shame

Claim it fame or game or shame
Just a game or fame or shame
Fame or game or shame
Fame or game or shame
Fame or game or shame
Claim it fame or game or shame

 

[fox69]

"That's My Desire"

"That's My Desire"


To spend one night with you in our old rendezvous
And reminisce with you, that's my desire.

To meet where gypsies play down in some small café
And dance till break of day, that's my desire.

To sip a little glass of wine and gaze into your eyes divine
To feel the touch of your lips press close to mine.

To hear you whisper low just when it's time to go
'Chéri, I love you so' - that's my desire.

To sip a little glass of wine and gaze into your eyes divine
To feel the touch of your lips press close to mine.

To hear you whisper low just when it's time to go
'Chéri, I love you so' - that's my desire
That's my desire
That's my desire.

 

[fox69]

"The Little Girl From Central"

"The Little Girl From Central"


The little girl from Central that all the boys acclaim,
The way she sings and dances, she's gonna build a name.
She turns down romances, but then who could blame,
The little girl from Central, she's got her heart on fame.

The little girl's a scholar and a beauty too,
The sweet ways about her will take effect on you.
She's got a world of talent, knows just what to do,
The little girl from Central, a tweedle dee dee doo.

The little girl's creative, a repertoire that rings,
And Hollywood is waiting, to see the way she swings.
She'll be graduating, goin' on to higher things,
The little girl from Central is gonna take on wings.

The little girl's a scholar and a beauty too,
The sweet ways about her will take effect on you.
She's got a world of talent, knows just what to do,
The little girl from Central, a tweedle dee dee doo.

 

[fox69]

"The Love I Lost"

"The Love I Lost"


After the sun goes down in the evening
That's when your leaving hurts me most
The times when you would nestle to me
And dwell within my heart so cold
Although you stand two steps away now
The distance seems from coast to coast

I often think of when I met you
Many times we kissed goodbye
Sometimes I dream we are together
Wake up moanin' your name thru sleepy eyes
And I wanna scream that I still love you
But you're not there, I got to realize

It is now High Noon in China
With the same stars up above
The one I need has left me and gone now
And all I have is a little picture of
The truest one I've ever known now
Is the love I lost and still I love

 

[fox69]

"The Man And The Donkey"

"The Man And The Donkey"


Down the road came a tired little donkey,
Much he was loaded till his head hung down.
Upon this back so heavy set a big man,
Singin' such a sad song
As he rode into town.

And the man, the man sing to the donkey,
But he sing such a sad song, and the guitar he broke.
The donkey stop, the man he reach to get a big jug,
Him and the donkey take a sip o' the drink.

Down the road, oh the dancing donkey,
Head swingin' so high, all the pain now gone.
The man he sing, some song was a gay song,
And the little donkey kept a-dancin' on.

Down the road was the man and the donkey,
So good feel the donkey, so gay was the man.
How plain when the wind blow was the sound of the gay song,
When the man and the donkey kept a-movin' on down the road.

 

[fox69]

"The Things I Used To Do"

"The Things I Used To Do"


Things that I used to do,
Some I won't do no more
Things that I used to do
Some I won't do no more

Used to sit and hold your hand, baby
Begging?you, not today

Used to search all night for you baby
And I search always anything
Used to search all night for you baby
And I search always anything
Yeah, and I'm new alone again, darlin'
You was out somewhere with your other man

I'm gonna send you back to your mother, baby
Or I'm gonna back to my family too
I'm gonna send you back to your mother, baby
Or I'm gonna back to my family too

Nothing I ever do pleases you, darlin'
Or I just can't get along with you.

 

[fox69]

"The Way It Was Before"

"The Way It Was Before"


The way it was before
I lost your love for me
I never thought I crave to see you
The way it was before

And so it was
I fooled around and lost your love
And since I'm only dreaming of
The way it was before

(Said someday I'd learn, ohh)
And you told me that the tide would turn
And now I see
(I promise, I'll be true, ooh)
And I'll give my love to only you, so help me

Each night I pray
That you'll try and understand
How much I need your love again
The way it was before

(Said someday I'd learn, ohh)
And you told me that the tide would turn
Now I see
(I promise, I'll be true, ohh)
And I'll give my love to only you, so help me

Each night I pray
That you'll try and understand
How much I need your love again
The way it was before
The way it was before