Chuck Berry

[fox69]

"La Juanda (Espanola)"

"La Juanda (Espanola)"


In Baya California, down in Tijuana
La senorita come to me, she say: 'Mi nombre es Juanda'
I asked her would she care to dance, she looked at me and said: 'Como esta?'
I say: 'Hablo solo en Espanol y no comprendo Ingles'
'I speak only the language of English, I don't understand Espanol'.

For a moment I took a notion then I went into a dancing motion
She nodded her head: 'Yo mucho gusto' - she said and she danced with more devotion
When her cheek came close to mine, I could hear her softly whisper
She said: 'Habla solo la langua de Ingles y no comprenda Espanol'
'I speak only the language of English, I don't understand Espanol'.

She placed her hand before my heart and she whispered: 'Yo te amora'
With half, closed eyes she raised her lips and she said: 'Besame ahora'
She hold me close and she squeeze me tight and she whispered: 'Yo quiero ahora'
I say: 'Hablo solo la langua de Ingles, no comprendo Espanol'
'I speak only the language of English, I don't understand Espanol'.

 

[fox69]

"Let It Rock"

"Let It Rock"


In the heat of the day down in Mobile Alabama
Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer
I gotta get some money to buy some brand new shoes
Tryin' to find somebody to take away these blues
"She don't love me" hear them singing in the sun
Payday's coming and my work is all done

Well, in the evening when the sun is sinking low
All day I been waiting for the whistle to blow
Sitting in a tee pee built right on the tracks
Rolling them bones until the foreman comes back
Pick up you belongings boys and scatter about
We've got an off-schedule train comin' two miles out

Everybody's scrambling, running around
Picking up their money, tearing the tee pee down
Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
Engineer blows the whistle loud and long
Can't stop the train, have to let it roll on

 

[fox69]

"Let's Boogie"

"Let's Boogie"


Come on over here, baby
Girl, I'm gonna give you a little kiss
You're gonna feel my hands all around you
Not a finger will you miss
After I turn you on, baby
I'm gonna blow your mind with some of this

Squeezed in that mauved dress you showed me
Child, that hemline's out of sight
With that foxy frame you're flaunting
It ain't no way it won't fit you right
We're going to a rock and roll revival
You know we're sure 'nuff gonna boogie tonight

They'd be playing them old and golden goodies
Used to blow my mind when I was a child
Back when I'd got my head together
I wouldn't walk a block, but I'd dance a mile
Girl, you better be in good shape tonight
'Cause we sure e'nuff gonna ball awhile

It's been a long, long time
Since I let me backbone bend
Oh, for them same sweet memories
When we didn't have nothing but time to spend
We'd boogie and ball all Saturday mornin'
Right back that night and ball again

 

[fox69]

"Let's Do Our Thing Together"

"Let's Do Our Thing Together"


I don't need no fields of whiskey
Don't indulge in beer or wine
But baby, you turn me on
And blow my ever-lovin' mind
Now, let's do our thing together
Go out and have a balling time
You know I dig you doing your thing
And I'll turn you on when I do mine

I'm not a blue-blood or a scholar
Just a hard-workin' boy
And after five long days
My body needs a little joy
Now, let's do our thing together
Go out and have a balling time
You know I dig you doing your thing
And I'll turn you on when I do mine

I am solid, sane and sober
And I'm over twenty-one
What I see is what I want
And what I want is you right on
Now, let's do our thing together
Go out and have a balling time
You know I dig you doing your thing
And I'll turn you on when I do mine

I'm in the mood for a little rockin'
You got to shake it up and shout
You been a little uptight lately
I'm goin' let it all hang out
Let's do our thing together
Go out and have a balling time
You know I dig you doing your thing

 

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"Little Marie"

"Little Marie"


Yes, oh yes, Long Distance, I'll accept the charge, I'll pay
Which love one is calling me, I did not hear you say
Both are deep within my hearth, her Mom and my Marie
It'll so good to hear your voice from Memphis, Tennessee

Oh, you mean so much to me, more than you'll ever know
Surely, you have not forgot how much I love you so
If you would remember, Dear, and sometimes talk to me
Maybe that would reunite our home in Tennessee

Last time I saw you, just before I had to leave
You did not want to see me off and promised not to grieve
My hearth was tore apart as I looked back at my Marie
And there the peace is still remain with you in Tennessee

I guess I should stop talking; after all you placed the call
But anyway that I can help, you know I'll help you all
Then she spoke and asked me to come back and see Marie
And live together in our home in Memphis, Tennessee

 

[fox69]

"Little Queenie"

"Little Queenie"


I got lumps in my throat
When I saw her comin' down the aisle
I got the wiggles in my knees
When she looked at me and sweetly smiled
There she is again
Standin' over by the record machine
Looking like a model
On the cover of a magazine
She's too cute to be a minute over seventeen

Meanwhile I was thinkin'
If she's in the mood no need to break it
I got the chance and I oughta take it
If she can dance we can make it
C'mon queenie let's shake it

Go, go, go, little queenie
Go, go, go, little queenie
Go, go, go, little queenie

Tell me who's the queen
Standin' over by the record machine
Looking like a model
On the cover of a magazine
She's too cute to be a minute over seventeen

Meanwhile, I was still thinkin'
If it's a slow song, we'll omit it
If it's a rocker, then we'll get it
And if it's good, she'll admit it
C'mon queenie, let's get with it

Go, go, go, little queenie
Go, go, go, little queenie
Go, go, go, little queenie

 

[fox69]

"Little Star"

"Little Star"


Little star lite, little star so bright
You're the first little star, I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish, I wish tonight

Sometimes I'm happy and sometimes I'm blue
My only wish is depending on you
Although you are so very far
Please, help me, help me, little star

There is something about her that I cannot explain
And to be without her, it would drive me insane
Little star above, my wish is of
My only, my only, only love

Little star, little star

If she only knew, the pain in my heart
And what I went through, since we've been apart
Little star aglow, if she should know
Then you should tell her, tell her
Tell her so

 

[fox69]

"Lonely School Days"

"Lonely School Days"


I saw you when you came in this morning
All chummy with somebody new
And I was all alone this morning
In sorrow still loving you

I know it shows, I'm broken hearted
This feelin' just won't go away
I've been so lonesome since we parted
And I'll be blue again in school today

Lonely school days do I have when you
Come to school with someone new
In my deepest sorrow over losing you
Lonely school days keep me blue

I saw you eating in the lunch room
Right where we used to sit and dine
With someone snugged up close beside you
Enjoying pleasures that were mine

You talk to them along the hallways
You walk with them to classes too
You leave and go with them of evenings
And I go home alone and blue

 

[fox69]

"Louis To Frisco"

"Louis To Frisco"


I'm as free as a bird now
As flighty as a bumblebee
I'm here today and gone tomorrow
Footloose child and fancy free
I'm absolutely independent
Nothin' at all is gonna worry me

I believe I was born to travel
The open road is gonna bring me close
You come to know some way-out people
To say the least, I dig the most
Who live and love across both borders
Trip, east and west from coast to coast

I only have one cradle to rock now
I'm gonna rock it everywhere I go
From St. Louis to San Francisco
Ah, from Canada to Mexico
I'm gonna let my cradle rock now
'Til it just won't rock no more

 

[fox69]

"Ma' Dear Ma' Dear"

"Ma' Dear Ma' Dear"


Ma' dear, ma' dear, she told me one day
That I'd meet my true love and take her away
She said I'd be happy and to be good and true
I'd never be lonely, broken hearted or blue

Ma' dear, ma' dear, just like you said
I met my true love one and we are to wed
Ma' dear, she's an angel and I'm goin' to be true
Or else I may lose her, I don't want to lose her to somebody new

Ma' dear, ma' dear, I was not untrue
I tried hard to please her, but she's gone and I'm blue
Ma' dear, I'm so lonesome, broken hearted, too
Ma' dear, ma' dear, oh, ma' dear, what must I do?