The Last Walk
Hangin' out at Frankie's everyone was stoned
The player it was playin' something really gone
Some people they were dancing and some were clappin' hands
And some others were just lyin' close makin' sweet romance
But the hour was growing later and the party had sure been fun
And when Frankie said, "Come on, let's break it up."
Everybody spoke out as one...
"Play that fast thing one more time
It does something to me and it sure feels fine
Play that fast thing one more time
We're gonna be in clover
Don't you dare turn it over
Why don't you play that fast thing one more time?"
All over bar the shouting: the end of another show
A hundred and ten behind 'em, there was forty-four more to go
Oh the people had gone crazy, they'd been jumpin' up and down the aisle
And the memory of their faces how it made them poor boys smile
When somebody said, "Oh come on now. Let's make it to the hotel room."
The doors flew back
In come a pack
Shoutin', "Honey, you spoke too soon."
"Play that fast thing one more time:
It does something to me and it sure feels fine
Play that fast thing one more time
You're gonna get some action
If we don't get satisfaction
I said no one leaves the building
Till we play it one more time"
All over bar the shouting: the end of another show
A hundred and ten behind 'em, there was forty-four more of those shows to go
Somebody said, somebody said "Let's make it to the hotel room."
When the doors flew back
In come a pack
And shouted, "Honey, you spoke too soon."
"Play that fast thing one more time:
It does something to me
And it sure feels fine
Play that fast thing one more time
You're gonna get some action
If we don't get satisfaction
I said no one leaves the building
Till we play it one more time
THE END OF THE BAND (Gé Reinders) [terug]
A strange feeling strikes me
Now we’ve come so far with this team
It’s about seven different shades of blue
About as many colours angry green
Sometimes I got so disappointed, I thought
How could we make it until now
But than again that old music gets me going
I think, can’t we go on somehow?
But when that final curtain falls
And there will be no more ‘we want more’ calls
When the last lamp has lost its light
We won’t carry the same name
I’ll sing you my refrain
A fare thee well to all of you
I hope you find some peace in whatever you do
Maybe we’ll laugh about it in a year or two
But right now let’s not pretend
Cause it’s the end of the band
Keep on dancing…
STEPPIN' (Gé Reinders) [terug]
Monday morning out of bed to catch the 7:30 train
My ears are buzzin’ my body’s aching, there’s a humming in my brain
People on the platform, they look ‘a like they just got out of a fight
But me I’m smiling when I think about my baby, my baby and Saturday night
When we’ll go dancing, I’ll take my baby to a ball
She’s all dressed up and spiffy
We’ll go stepping all night long
Tuesday, Wednesday, workday, workday, the engines never stop
My oh my I sure am glad when the sign says it’s twelve o’clock
Drink your coffee, eat your lunch, have a real quick smoke outside
Everybody’s complaining but me I’m smiling when I think about my baby, my baby and Saturday night
When we’ll go dancing, I’ll take my baby to a ball
She’s all dressed up and spiffy
We’ll go stepping all night long
Thursday ain’t the worst day ‘cause the weekend is on its way
I’ll shine the machines a little bit more so even them look okay
Friday, payday, grab your money and run
Half an hour, change and shower, grab your girl and take her to the fun and go
Dancing, I’ll take my baby to a ball
She’s all dressed up and spiffy
We’ll go stepping all night long
The place ain’t fancy
And we ain’t dancing no
Cha cha cha
The band might not be good
But they’re playing what they should
Everybody yells:
Whraa
When my man puts the saxophone into his mouth
I’ll run to the floor, start swinging and a’ringing till I just can’t stop no more with all that
Dancing, I’ll take my baby to a ball
She’s all dressed up and spiffy
We’ll go stepping all night long
We’ll go stepping all night long
We’ll go stepping all night long
We’ll go stepping all night long
We’ll go stepping all night long
We’ll go stepping
We’ll go stepping
all night long