Good Times
Showaddywaddy's Rockin' Night: Good Times Unveiled!
Lyrics
Everybody shake
Encouragement for everyone to dance energetically.
Everybody groove
Encouragement for everyone to move rhythmically.
Everybody shake
Reiteration of the call for everyone to dance.
Mary, Mary, you're on my mind
Addressing someone named Mary who is on the singer's mind.
The folks are gone and the place'll be mine
The singer is alone because their family or others have left.
Mary, Mary, wanna be with you
Expressing a desire to be with Mary.
And this is what I'm gonna do
Declaration of the singer's intentions.
I'm gonna put a call to you
Planning to call Mary.
'Cause I feel good tonight
Feeling good and anticipating a positive night.
And everything's gonna be right, right, right
Confidence that everything will be alright.
I'm gonna have a good time tonight
Expressing the intent to have a good time.
Rock and roll music gonna play all night
Planning to play rock and roll music throughout the night.
Come on, baby, it won't take long
Inviting someone, possibly Mary, to join in the enjoyment.
Only take a minute just to sing my song
Assuring that singing the song will only take a minute.
Boney Moroney's gonna be with him
Naming individuals (Boney Moroney, Long Tall Sally, Short Fat Fanny) who will be present.
I said, Long Tall Sally's gonna be with Slim
Reiteration of individuals who will be present.
And Short Fat Fanny's gonna, she's gonna be there too
Confirmation that Short Fat Fanny will be there too.
And this is what I'm gonna do
Declaration of intentions similar to earlier verses.
Well, I've got to put a call to you
Reiteration of the plan to call someone.
'Cause I feel good tonight
Repeating the positive feelings about the night.
And everything's gonna be right, right, right
Confident that everything will be alright.
I'm gonna have a good time tonight
Reaffirmation of the intention to have a good time.
Rock and roll music gonna play all night
Repeating the plan to play rock and roll music all night.
Come on, baby, it won't take long
Inviting someone to join in the festivities.
Only take a minute just to sing my song
Reassuring that singing the song will only take a minute.
Boney Moroney's gonna be with Jimmy
Naming individuals (Boney Moroney, Long Tall Sally) who will be with Jimmy.
Long Tall Sally's gonna be with him
Reiteration of individuals who will be with someone named Jimmy.
And Short Fat Fanny's gonna be there too
Confirmation that Short Fat Fanny will be there too.
And this is what I'm gonna do
Declaration of intentions, mirroring previous verses.
I've got to put the call to you
Reiteration of the plan to call someone.
'Cause I feel good tonight
Repeating the positive feelings about the night.
And everything's gonna be right, right, right
Confident that everything will be alright.
I'm gonna have a good time tonight
Reaffirmation of the intention to have a good time.
Rock and roll music gonna play all night
Repeating the plan to play rock and roll music all night.
Come on, baby, it won't take long
Inviting someone to join in the festivities.
Only take a minute just to sing my song
Reassuring that singing the song will only take a minute.
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