THE BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA

THE BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA - GUITAR SLINGER

The House Is Rockin'

Well, the house is a-rockin'

Don't bother knockin'

Yeah the house is a-rockin'

Don't bother knockin'

Yeah the house is a-rockin'

Don't bother come on in

Kick off your shoes, start losin' the blues

This old house ain't got nothin' to lose

Seen it all for years, start spreadin' the news

We got room on the floor

Come on baby shake sumpin' loose

Well, the house is a-rockin'

Don't bother knockin'

Yeah the house is a-rockin'

Don't bother knockin'

Yeah the house is a-rockin'

Don't bother come on in

Walkin' up the street you can hear the sound

Of some bad honky-tonkers really layin' it down

They've seen it all for years and got nothin' to lose

So get out on the floor

Shimmy til you shake sumpin' loose

Well, the house is a-rockin'

Don't bother knockin'

Yeah the house is a-rockin'

Don't bother knockin'

Yeah the house is a-rockin'

Don't bother come on in

Hoodoo Voodoo Doll

You say you love me baby

Well this ain't no lost and found

I've got just one deal to make then I'll be trouble bound

They say that you're a doll, that with you I'll keep on winnin'

I think they're talkin' 'bout the kind of doll that you stick pins in

You're my Hoodoo Voodoo Doll

If you keep on sinnin', I'll stick another pin in

You're my Hoodoo Voodoo Doll

I asked the fortune teller where my love might be

She gazed into her crystal ball then looked straight up at me

I told her when your eyes met mine you cast an evil spell

I made a deal with the devil man, my soul to him I'd sell

You're my Hoodoo Voodoo Doll

If you keep on sinnin', I'll just stick another pin in

You're my Hoodoo Voodoo Doll

Got your gris-gris and your mojo, but it won't work on me

Now you're mixin' up some love potion #3

Got my deal signed in blood and there ain't no turnin' back

Cost me all of my money and my pink Cadillac

You're my Hoodoo Voodoo Doll

If you keep on sinnin', I'll stick another pin in

You're my Hoodoo Voodoo Doll

Town Without Pity

When you're young and so in love as we

And bewildered by the world we see

Why do people hurt us so

Only those in love would know

What a town without pity can do

If we stop to gaze upon a star

People talk about how bad we are

Ours is not an easy age

We're like tigers in a cage

What a town without pity can do

The young have problems, many problems

We need an understanding heart

Why don't they help us, try to help us

Before this clay and granite planet falls apart

Take these eager lips and hold me fast

I'm afraidthis kind of joy can't last

How can we keep love alive

How can anything survive

When these little minds tear you in two

What a town without pity can do

How can we keep love alive

How can anything survive

When these little minds tear you in two

What a town without pity can do

No, it isn't very pretty

What a town without pity can do

Rumble in Brighton

There's the rockabilly cats with their pomps real high

Wearin' black drape coats, all real gone guys

Cool skinheads with their rolled-up jeans

Lookin' real tough and mighty mean

There's a rumble in Brighton tonight

Ringside seats for the neighborhood fight

There ain't a damn thing that the cops can do

There's a rumble in Brighton tonight

They sew fishhooks under their collars

They got razors in their shoes

I said, "Go cat go," their battle cry

World War III is startin' to brew

Now the skinheads all use blackjacks

And they're lookin' mighty mean

They got chains wrapped around their fingers

And their heads are all shaved clean

There's a rumble in Brighton tonight

Ringside seats for the neighborhood fight

There ain't a damn thing that the cops can do

There's a rumble in Brighton tonight

Well, there ain't a man left standin'

So let's all go get a beer

No team is a winner

So we'll see you all next year

There's a rumble in Brighton tonight

Ringside seats for the neighborhood fight

There ain't a damn thing that the cops can do

There's a rumble in Brighton tonight

Rumble in Brighton tonight

Rumble on the beach tonight

Rumble in Brighton tonight

Rumble on the beach tonight

There ain't a damn thing that the cops can do

Line right up for a sideline view

Ringside seats for the neighborhood fight

There's a rumble in Brighton tonight

The Man with the Magic Touch

Now some people got it and some people don't

I'm talkin' 'bout gettin' all the things in life that you want

You can wish it might happen

You can call it dumb luck

But that guy's so lucky, he's just way much too much

He's the man with the magic touch

Don't give me all that "got lucky" such and such

He's the man with the magic touch

He won an all-expenses-paid vacation on a cruise ship 'round the world

And when he gets home, he don't bother lookin' for no girl

He's got a straight to the ace

He got a royal flush

Baby go rub his back for good luck

He's the man with the magic touch

Don't give me all that "got lucky" such and such

He's the man with the magic touch

He goes back to back, he goes hip to hip

He goes face to face, now here' s the tip

If he don't want it

He throws it right back

He knows some poor sucker's gonna take up the slack

He's the man with the magic touch

Don't give me all that "got lucky" such and such

He's the man with the magic touch

My blood is percolatin'

I'm set for detonation

When it comes to good lovin'

He ain't hesitatin'

He's the man with the magic touch

(The legend of) Johnny Kool

I had one cup of coffee and a cigarette

Then I rolled out of bed with my shirt soaking wet

If I was gonna get movin', now was the time

So I packed up my bags and my Gretsch '59

It's a tough life, love

But when push comes to shove

It's the only life for Johnny Johnny, Johnny Kool

Played his guitar and he sang like a fool

Don't let the big boys grind you down

Johnny Johnny, Johnny Kool

He was a rebel that broke all the rules

Everyone can't stop talkin' about

The legend of Johnny Kool

It was darker than black, not a star in the sky

So I revved on the engine and let that Mercury fly

With the wind blowin' by at a 105

It gave me a thrill just bein' alive

It's a tough life, love

But when push comes to shove

It's the only life for Johnny Johnny, Johnny Kool

Played his guitar and he sang like a fool

Don't let the big boys grind you down

Johnny Johnny, Johnny Kool

He was a rebel that broke all the rules

Everyone can't stop talkin' about

The legend of Johnny Kool

Rumor had it now this cat had it all

He was loud, he was wild, and he sure rocked the hall

Some guy grabbed my arm and I jumped on the stage

And I was rockin' with a guy who was twice my age

It's a tough life, love

But when push comes to shove

It's the only life for Johnny Johnny, Johnny Kool

Played his guitar and he sang like a fool

Don't let the big boys grind you down

Johnny Johnny, Johnny Kool

He was a rebel that broke all the rules

Everyone can't stop talkin' about

The legend of Johnny Kool

Ghost Radio

As I came acrose the Pecos and broke west of the line

This thunderstorm was running and it ran me out of time

So I was racing through the rain with this rig from Tennessee

When a voice cut through the static, bringing comfort home to me

They were singing

I ain't sittin' in no shack

Got me a Ford right out the back

So come on and roll me over

If I ain't there in nothing flat

With a honky-tonk attitude

I'll be doing the straight line swing

C'mon and grab your horseshoe

And throw it in the ring

Now the levee wall was breaking, rocks were rolling from the ridge

The announcer broke in, saying there was a bus trapped on the bridge

So I turned my rig around, I was axle-deep in mud

And I found those people stranded, the bridge was groaning in the flood

Still my radio was singing

I ain't sittin' in no shack

Got me a Ford right out the back

So come on and roll me over

If I ain't there in nothing flat

With a honky-tonk attitude

I'll be doing the straight line swing

C'mon and grab your horseshoe

And throw it in the ring

With the grinding of my engine, I hauled those people free

With the raging river rising, the driver came thanking me

So I told him about the message; he said, That can't be right

The storm knocked out the radio tower late last Saturday night

But through the static we heard singing

I ain't sittin' in no shack

Got me a Ford right out the back

So come on and roll me over

If I ain't there in nothing flat

With a honky-tonk attitude

I'll be doing the straight line swing

C'mon and grab your horseshoe

And throw it in the ring

Them old truckers gonna tell you down the lonely interstate

Out the dead air on the waveband, the Texas Playboys break

You'll hear a keening voice, Bob Wills is with you as you drive

And you'll know you got a broadcast straight from 1935

Can you hear him singing

I ain't sittin' in no shack

Got me a Ford right out the back

So come on and roll me over

If I ain't there in nothing flat

With a honky-tonk attitude

I'll be doing the straight line swing

C'mon and grab your horseshoe

And throw it in the ring

That Mellow Saxophone

I wanna mambo, sambo, do my number

Hold my baby all the summer

Every time I hear that mellow saxophone

I wanna rip it rock it, really bop it

Flip it, flop it, Davy Crockett

Every time I hear that mellow saxophone

I wanna rock rock rock

Roll roll roll

Bop bop bop

I wanna rip it rock it, really bop it

Whoaaaaa, Davy Crockett

Every time I hear that mellow saxophone

I wanna rock rock rock

Roll roll roll

Bop bop bop

Buzz Buzz

Cruisin' 'round this hopeless town,

Down the lovely streets of desire

You're my angel of mercy all dressed in white

And I'm a smokin' gun for hire

Takin' a walk on the wild side

Johnny's got a habit that he can't hide

Livin' life from high to high

When nighttime comes, you can hear him cry

Buzz buzz goes the needle

With each jolt of pain, I call out your name

Buzz buzz goes the needle

And I sacrifice, not in vain, not in vain

Day is night and night is day

Being alive just gets in the way

The twisting snake inside his brain

Whispers to him, "Time to kill the pain"

They told him opportunity was just around the corner

Well, he wore out his shoes tryin' to find that corner

He might just pick himself up again

Until it happens, until then

Buzz buzz goes the needle

With each jolt of pain, I call out your name

Buzz buzz goes the needle

And I sacrifice, not in vain, not in vain

He's not a new tattoo dedicated to you

As the ink and the blood mix with pain

It's a man on a white horse goin' nowhere

And the man has no face or no name

With the walls closin' in, he's runnin' for cover

He's spinnin' way out of control

He might just pick himself up again

Until it happens, until then

Buzz buzz goes the needle

With each jolt of pain, I call out your name

Buzz buzz goes the needle

And I sacrifice, not in vain, not in vain

Buzz buzz goes the needle

Each drop of blood is a token of love

Buzz buzz goes the needle

And I want a sign from above

My Baby Only Cares For Me

Diamonds and pearls, black silk stockings

In her own world when she's rockin'

She don't hang out with anyone else in the crowd

Stiletto heels on the dance floor

Does what she feels as the crowd roars

She doesn't care what anyone else thinks of her

My baby only cares for me

We're a ship in the night all alone on the sea

My baby only cares for me

Give her a wink, exchange glances

She doesn't give second chances

Hey loverboy, you ain't got nothin' she needs

Barons and earls would love to date her

Better you should know sooner than later

Hey, just one dance and you'll be caught in her trance

My baby only cares for me

We're a ship in the night all alone on the sea

My baby only cares for me

Silently waiting for love to explode on the scene

Secretly wishing for someone to sweep her away

What can I say? It could happen

Black caviar, champagne cocktails

Come as you are if all else fails

Hey, here's the thing, she's got the world on a string

My baby only cares for me

We're a ship in the night all alone on the sea

My baby only cares for me

Hey, Louis Prima

We gotta get the hell outta town

'Cause I've been datin' a chick with some swively hips

And her boyfriend don't want me around

And wouldn't it be kinda funny

If we got outta town with all the money

Hey, Louis Prima

You sure know how to lay it on down

We were doin' all-nighters

Cruisin' to a gig in Vegas

Don't know what was goin' on

But it surely did become contagious!

When we pulled up to the show

Ten thousand people or more all yelled out

"Man your band is truly outrageous!"

Hey, Louis Prima

Man, you make 'em jump and shout

I got a five-dollar bet on a two-dollar bill

You're gonna show 'em what it's all about

And wouldn't it be kinda funny

If we got outta town with all the money

Hey, Louis Prima

You sure know how to lay it on down

Hey, Louis Prima

There's something that I just gotta know

Have you still got that old black magic

Or are you just a gigolo?

All we need is some Sam Butera

Then we can say "Buona Sera"

Hey, Louis Prima

You sure know how to lay it on down

Sammy Davis City

When it's raining and times are hard

And there's too much junk in the backyard

You hope for a rainbow

Be it lotto or keno

In the trailer park

That's the light in the dark

In all of the valleys

Under lucky stars

By the satellite dishes

And the non-running cars

I'm feeling all the people dreaming

Blue tiles are cool

All around the pool

Greek columns are fine

But give me a deal on the vine

Nothing pretentious

I haven't changed

I got sixty billion

But I'm still the same

The pool is hot

The beer is cold

The cigar costs a lot

And the wine is old

Where the car reps dream

Like Walter Mitty

Oh, book me a berth

In Sammy Davis City, yeah!

Well, Annie and Danny

Are growing too fast

And I can't fix the hammock

'Cause I'm feeling half-assed

Those basket ball hoops

Became chicken coops

There's a motel for sale

A cafe and a jail

In all of the valleys

Under lucky Stars

By the satillite dishes

and the non-running cars

I'm feeling all the people dreaming

Blue tiles are cool

All around the pool

Greek columns are fine

But give me a deal on the vine

Nothing pretentious

I haven't changed

I got sixty billion

But I'm still the same

The pool is hot

The beer is cold

The cigar costs a lot

And the wine is old

Where the car reps dream

Like Walter Mitty

Oh, book me a berth

In Sammy Davis City, yeah!

I'm feeling all the people dreaming

Feeling all the people dreaming

Feeling all the people ... dreaming