Shakin' Street

Composer MC5
Length 2:28

Lyrics

(One, Two)

Little Orphan Annie and sweet sue too
They've been coming around, gives 'em somethin' to do
Their mamas all told 'em not to come to town
It got into their blood, now they gonna get down

Shakin' Street, it's got that beat
Shakin' Street, where all the kids meet
Shakin' Street, you know it's got that sound
Shakin' Street, you got to get down

Street light Sammy decided to make the trip
All the way from New Jersey on his girlfriend's tip
He pulled into town and met Skinny Leg Pete said, "Come here, boy, I heard about the street"
I heard about the place where all the kids go
Now, I'm a about to flip, and I gotta know about

Shakin' Street, it's got that beat
Shakin' Street, where all the kids meet
Shakin' Street, it's got that sound
Shakin' Street, you got to get down

The kids on shakin' street never give in
All of their lives they've been living in sin
You know that they're bad
You know that they're mad
They take for the takin'
And they shake for the shakin'

Ha

The folks keep complaining they find it so shockin'
All the kids wanna do is just keep on rockin'
They ain't got no time to think about stoppin'
They gotta get down and do a little stompin'
Sally Baker wants to shake her shaker
And Bobby C. says he's gonna take her to

Shakin' Street, it's got that beat
Shakin' Street, where all the kids meet
Shakin' Street, it's got that sound
Shakin' Street, you got to get down

Shakin' Street, it's got that beat
Shakin' Street, where all the kids meet
Shakin' Street, it's got that sound
Shakin' Street, you got to get down

Ha, ha, ha

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