Born To Boogie

Album: Born To Boogie (1987)
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  • Well my momma met my daddy down in Alabama
    They tied the knot so here I am
    Born on the bayou on the Texas Line
    Loved in Louisiana and raised on Jambalaya

    Now before I could walk I had a guitar in my hand
    By the time I could talk I had my own band
    Went on the road when I was eight years old
    When I turned fifteen I was stealing the show

    Money to burn and the girls were pretty
    It didn't take me long to learn that I was born to boogie

    When I was eighteen I went to Hollywood
    I met Elvis, Marilyn and Johnny B. Goode
    Got my guitar painted as the California sun
    A red Caddilac having too much fun

    Now we were playing them halls and jammin'
    Then they moved it on over to M.G.M
    They said this is the boy we've been telling you about
    He lit a cigar and stuck his hand out

    He said son have we got a deal for you
    I'm gonna make you a star give you fifty thousand too
    I told him my Momma didn't raise no fool
    I'll take your money, I'll make you a movie
    But I can tell ya' right now I was born to boogie

    Well my name is Bocephus I drink whiskey by the gallon
    And I never back down and I love a good challenge
    What I do now is what I did then
    I like to get down with all my rowdy friends

    Now I can be sweet and I can be mean
    I still got my hat and I still wear my jeans
    My shades are chrome, my guitar steel
    If you think I won't then believe me I will

    Get down on you baby because I ain't no rookie
    I was put here to party and I was born to boogie Writer/s: HANK JR. WILLIAMS
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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