Genius Meanings
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Louis Jordan – Let The Good Times Roll
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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 / Don't care if you're young
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Ray Charles – Let the Good Times Roll
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[Verse 1] / Hey, everybody / Let's have some fun / You only live but once / And when you're dead you're done / [Chorus] / So let the good times roll / I said let the good times
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B.B. King – Let the Good Times Roll
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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
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Louis Jordan – Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand's Doing
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The phrase “do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing” originates from the Bible verse Matthew 6:3. It means, when donating to the needy for charity, do not let
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Deep Purple – Let the Good Times Roll
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[Verse 1] / Hey everybody / Let's have some fun / You only live but once / And when you're dead, you're done / [Chorus] / So let the good times roll / I said, let the good times
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Louis Jordan – A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird
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[Instrumental] / Everybody's talkin' 'bout chicken / Chicken's a popular word / But anywhere you go, you're bound to find / A chicken ain't nothin' but a bird / Some people call it
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B.B. King – Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
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I once lived the life of a millionaire / Spending my money I didn't care / Always taking my friends out for a good time / Buying champagne, gin and wine / But just as soon as my
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B.B. King – Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)
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I gotta a girl who's always late / Anytime we have a date / But I love her / Yes I love her / I'm gonna walk up to her gate / And see if I can get it straight / 'Cause I want her
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B.B. King – I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
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I'm gonna move, baby, way out on the outskirts of town / I'm gonna move way out on the outskirts of town / I don't want nobody who's always hanging around / I'm gonna tell you baby
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Louis Jordan – I Can't Dance, I Got Ants in My Pants
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[Instrumental] / Now let's go walkin' / (Let's go walkin') / Out to the park / (Out to the park) / I'm not responsible / (I'm not responsible) / For what I do after dark / (For
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Louis Jordan – Caldonia
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[Verse 1] / Walkin' with my baby, she got great big feet / She long, lean and lanky ain't had nothing to eat / But she's my baby / And I love her just the same / Crazy 'bout that
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Louis Jordan – Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying
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Don't let the sun catch you crying / Crying at my front door / You done your daddy dirty / And he don't want you around here no more / Don't let the sun catch you crying / Lying at
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Louis Jordan – Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
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Released as the B-side of a single with “G.I. Jive”, and co-written by Jordan and Billy Austin.
Reached #1 on the US folk/country charts, and also peaked at number two for three
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Louis Jordan – Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens
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One night farmer Brown was takin' the air / Locked up the barnyard with the greatest of care / Down in the hen house, somethin' stirred / When he shouted, "Who's there?" / This is
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Louis Jordan – Knock Me A Kiss
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I like cake / And no mistake / But baby, if you insist / I'll cut out cake / Just for your sake / Baby, c'mon knock me a kiss / I like pie / I hope to die / Just get a load of this
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Louis Jordan – Salt Pork, West Virginia
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Mack Neal, Mack Neal, don't steal my automobile / I'll take you to a cafe and buy you a fine meal / Jack, I gotta do some ridin' / Soon we gotta come to a dividin' / I don't wanna
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Louis Jordan – I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
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I'm gonna move way out on the outskirts of town / I'm gonna move way out on the outskirts of town / I don't want nobody, ooh always hangin' around / I'm gonna tell you baby, we
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Louis Jordan – Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
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Headin' for the station with a pack on my back / I'm tired of transportation in the back of a hack / I love to hear the rhythm of the clickety-clack / And hear the lonesome whistle
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Louis Jordan – Run Joe
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A calypso number that topped the charts during the first half of 1947, “Run Joe” featured the Calypso Boys on maracas and claves. “Run Joe” was recorded during an April 1947
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Ray Charles – Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
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[Verse 1] / Don't let the sun catch you cryin' / Cryin' at my front door / You done your daddy dirty / He sure don't want you no more / [Verse 2] / Don't let the sun catch you lyin
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