Let The Good Times Roll (Version 2)

by Fleecie Moore Sam Theard recording of 1999 from Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan (MCA 12042) Hey, everybody, let's have some fun You only live but once And when you're dead you're done, so Let the good times roll, let the good times roll I don't care if you're young or old Get together, let the good times roll Don't sit there mumblin', talkin' trash If you wanna have a ball You gotta go out and spend some cash, and Let the good times roll, let the good times roll I don't care if you're young or old Get together, let the good times roll Hey Mr. Landlord, lock up all the doors When the police comes around Just tell 'em that the joint is closed Let the good times roll, let the good times roll I don't care if you're young or old Get together, let the good times roll Hey tell everybody Mr. King's in town I got a dollar and a quarter Just rarin' to clown But don't let nobody play me cheap I got fifty cents more that I'm gonna keep, so Let the good times roll, let the good times roll I don't care if you're young or old Get together, let the good times roll No matter whether rainy weather Birds of a feather gotta stick together So get yourself under control Go out and get together and let the good times roll

 

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