Earl King - Street Parade lyrics

Street Parade 3:12 Trk 5 (Earl King Johnson) Earl King Arr. horns - Allen Toussaint (& tambourine) Engnr- Cosimo Mata**a, Jazz City Studio, New Orleans Remix by M. Sehorn. April 1970 (original rel) Kansu Records #101 Musicians: J. Modeliste - drums, G. Porter - ba** L. Nocentelli - gtr, A. Neville - keyboards w/various musicians from Loyola University. Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com I can hear music in the air Somewhere, out there An I can hear happy voices Out-a in the air It makes me want to celebrate Hm, I feel good inside And I wanna get outdo's Yes I do, in the open wide A big time serenade It must be a Street Parade And I wanna Second line Gonna have a good time, yeah-yea! I get excited With every beat of the drum And make ya wanna get down with it Have a whole lotta fun We gonna go dance, dancing Out in the street A-come on baby, oh Lord! Girl, just you and me A big time serenade We're going to a Street Parade And we gonna Second line We gonna have a good time, time, time Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Yeah! Ooo-wee! Hit me, Frank! Ooo! Yeah, you're right! Clap your hands, people Let me hear them clap, hm! And keep on clappin', now Let me hear them rap, yeah Ev'rybody, do yo' thing No promise what tomorrow brings So shake your tambourines Like they do down in New Orleans A big time serenade We goin' to a Street Parade And we gonna Second line We gonna have a good time, time, time Pick 'em up and put 'em down Your feets don't stay on the ground Shake it and a-don't let go Shake it 'til ya can't no mo' Ev'rybody move ya hips Go on a-let ya backbone slip Give it ev'rything you've got You've got to move it While the groove is hot Everybody's got to live it up! FADES- Nobody wanna get angry Guys, shake it up, now! Play it now, for me Play now, right now, right now. ~