Neil Young And The Shocking Pinks – Everybody’s Rockin’ [1983]

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(Geffen ’83)

1. Betty Lou’s Got a New Pair of Shoes (3:02)
2. Rainin’ in My Heart (2:12)
3. Payola Blues (3:10)
4. Wonderin’ (2:59)
5. Kinda Fonda Wanda (1:52)
6. Jellyroll Man (2:00)
7. Bright Lights, Big City (2:18)
8. Cry, Cry, Cry (2:39)
9. Mystery Train (2:47)
10. Everybody’s Rockin’ (1:56)

 

BETTY LOU’S GOT A NEW PAIR OF SHOES

Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes
Betty Lou ah-whoo, ah-whoo, ah-whoo
Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes

Well she walked in the shoe-store, picked up a shoe
She tried on a twelve, but that wouldn’t do

Betty Lou (Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes)
Betty Lou (Betty Lou got a new pair of shoes)
Betty Lou ah-whoo, ah-whoo, ah-whoo
Betty Lou’s got a new pair of shoes

Well, she cracked up over the solid fit
Walkin’ down the street with a brand new kit

Well, she’s walkin’ down the street, met an undertaker
He tried to burry Betty and her new shudebakers

Well, she went to a party, the other night
Someone slipped on her shudebakers and she started a fight

Well, she walked in the shoe-store, gave the man a tip
Set soul fire, buy himself a rocketship

 

RAININ’ IN MY HEART

Rainin’ in my heart
Since we been apart
I know I was wrong
Baby please come home

You got me cryin’
‘Bout to lose my mind
Don’t let me cry in vain
Try my love just once again

[ Spoken ]
Honey, I need your love
Darlin’, you know why
You would come back home
There’ll be no need for me to cry

 

  PAYOLA BLUES

This one’s for you Al Freed,
Wherever you go, whatever you do
‘Cause the things they’re doing today
Will make a saint out of you
Payola blues.
I’ve got the payola blues
Even though I already paid my dues.

Listen to me Mr. D.J., hear what I’ve got to say
If a man is making music, they ought to let his record play.
Payola blues
No matter where I go
I never hear my record on the radio.

Well, here’s three thousand, that ought to get it on.
Well, thanks a lot man! I love your new song.
Payola blues
No matter where I go
I never hear my record on the radio.

And it goes like this.

I got a brand new record company, new manager too.
Got a great new record, I can’t get through to you.
Payola blues
No matter where I go
I never hear my record on the radio.

How about this new Mercedes Benz, that ought to get it on.
Well, thanks a lot man! I’ll play it all day long.
Payola blues
No matter where I go
I never hear my record on the radio.

I’ve got the payola blues, payola blues
I’m paying those payola blues
No matter where I go
I never hear my record on the radio.

 

WONDERIN’

I’ve been walking all night long
My footsteps made me crazy
Baby, you’ve been gone so long
I’m wonderin’ if you’ll come home
I’m hopin’ that you’ll be my baby
I’m wonderin’ if I’ll be alone
Knowin’ that I need you to save me.

I’ve been talking all day long
To keep my heart from sadness
Baby, you’ve been gone so long
I’m wonderin’ if you’ll come home
I’m hopin’ that you’ll be my baby
I’m wonderin’ if I’ll be alone
Knowin’ that I need you to save me.

I’m wonderin’, I’m wonderin’,
I’m wonderin’, I’m wonderin’,
I’m wonderin’, I’m wonderin’,
I’m wonderin’, I’m wonderin’.

Well, I’m knowin’ that I need you to save me
Knowin’ that I need you to save me.
Knowin’ that I need you to save me.
Knowin’ that I need you to save me.
I’m wonderin’, I’m wonderin’.

 

   KINDA FONDA WANDA

Well, I went with Mary Lou
Tried Peggy Sue
Had a date with Donna
And Barbara Ann too
But I’m kinda fonda Wanda.
Kinda fonda Wanda.
Yeah, I’m kinda fonda Wanda.
‘Cause Wanda always wanna, wanna, wanna.

Well, I went out with Jenny
Took out skinny Minnie
Long tall Sally
And short fat Fanny.
But I’m kinda fonda Wanda.
Kinda fonda Wanda.
Yeah, I’m kinda fonda Wanda.
‘Cause Wanda always wanna, wanna, wanna.

Did the bop with Miss Ann
The swim with Mary Ann,
The stroll with Betty Lou
Screwed runaround Sue
But she wasn’t as good as Wanda,
No, she’ll never be as good as Wanda.
I’m kinda fonda Wanda.
‘Cause Wanda always wanna, wanna, wanna.
Wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna.

Kinda fonda Wanda.
Kinda fonda Wanda.
Yeah, I’m kinda fonda Wanda.
‘Cause Wanda always wanna, wanna, wanna.
Wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna.
Wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna.

 

      JELLYROLL MAN

Well, if you’ve got the craving for some jellyroll
You’ve got to have it right now
Well, if you’ve got the craving for some jellyroll
You’ve got to have it right now
I’m your jellyroll man
I’ve got to have it right now.

I’m your jellyroll man
I’m your jellyroll man
I’m your jellyroll man
I’m your jellyroll man
I’m your jellyroll man
I’ve got to have it right now.

Well, if you’ve got the craving for some rock ‘n’ roll
You’ve got to have it right now
Well, if you’ve got the craving for some rock ‘n’ roll
You’ve got to have it right now
I’m your jellyroll man
I’ve got to have it right now.

I’m your jellyroll man
I’m your jellyroll man
I’m your jellyroll man
I’m your jellyroll man
I’m your jellyroll man
I’ve got to have it right now.

 

BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY

Bright lights, big city
Gone to my baby’s head
Bright lights, big city
Gone to my baby’s head
Well I tried to tell the woman
But she don’t listen to what I said

Alright, pretty baby
You gone a need my help some day
Alright, pretty baby
You gone a need my help some day
All you want is still listen
To some of those things I said

Go ahead, pretty baby
Honey, now I feel so proud
Go ahead, pretty baby
Honey, now I feel so proud
I still love you baby
But you don’t know what it’s all about

Bright lights, big city
They went to my baby’s head
Bright lights, big city
Went to my baby’s head
Well I hope you remember
Some of those things I’ve said

 

  CRY, CRY, CRY

Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry,
Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry,
Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry.

Well, old man river just keeps on rollin’
On down the line
Like my tears just keep on flowin’
All the time
Can’t you hear me cry.

Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry,
Cry, cry, cry, cry, cry, cry,
Cry, cry, cry, cry.

Well, somewhere there’s a rainbow for me,
I know it’s my time
I am getting so tired
Of standing in this light
Can’t you hear me cry.

Boo, hoo, hoo, boo, hoo, hoo,
Boo, hoo, hoo, boo, boo, hoo,
Boo, hoo, hoo, cry, cry, cry.

Boo, hoo, hoo, boo, hoo, hoo,
Cry, cry, cry, cry.

 

MYSTERY TRAIN

Train arrive 16 coaches long
Train arrive 16 coaches long
Well that long black train
Took my baby and gone

Train train coming round round the bend
(Mystery train, mystery train)
Train train coming round round the bend
(Mystery train, mystery train)
Well it took my baby
But it never will again

Train train coming down down the line
(Mystery train, mystery train)
Train train coming down down the line
(Mystery train, mystery train)
Well it bring back my baby
Because she’s mine, all mine

 

EVERYBODY’S ROCKIN’

When grandma and grandpa get out on the floor
They rock until they drop and then they rock some more
Yeah, everybody’s rockin’, well, everybody’s rockin’
Everybody’s rockin’, rockin’ to the dancin’ beat.

From the shaky city down to New Orleans
The Golden Gate to the Bronx and Queens
Everybody’s rockin’, yeah, everybody’s rockin’,
Well, everybody’s rockin’, rockin’ to the dancin’ beat.

When Ronnie and Nancy do the bop on the lawn
They’re rockin’ in the White House all night long.
Everybody’s rockin’, everybody’s rockin’,
Everybody’s rockin’, rockin’ their blues away.

Everybody’s rockin’, rockin’ their blues away
Everybody’s rockin’, rockin’ all night and day.

Everybody’s rockin’, everybody’s rockin’
Yeah, everybody’s rockin’, everybody’s rockin’
Everybody’s rockin’, rockin’ to the dancin’ beat.
Everybody’s rockin’, dancin’ to the rockin’ beat.

 

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The Shocking Pinks:
Neil Young: piano, guitar, harmonica, vocal
Ben “King” Keith: alto sax, guitar
Tim Drummond: double bass
Karl Himmel: snare
Larry Byrom: piano, vocal
Anthony Crawford: vocal
Rick Palombi: vocal
Recorded at Modern Recorders, Redwood City, April 27-May 25, 1983
Produced by Elliot Mazer & Neil Young