Good Times

Album: Vigil (1968)
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  • Everybody shake
    Everybody groove
    Everybody shake

    Mary, Mary, you're on my mind
    The folks are gone and the place'll be mine
    Mary, Mary, wanna be with you

    And this is what I'm gonna do
    I'm gonna put a call to you
    'Cause I feel good tonight
    And everything's gonna be right, right, right

    I'm gonna have a good time tonight
    Rock and roll music gonna play all night
    Come on, baby, it won't take long
    Only take a minute just to sing my song

    Boney Moroney's gonna be with him
    I said, Long Tall Sally's gonna be with Slim
    And Short Fat Fanny's gonna, she's gonna be there too

    And this is what I'm gonna do
    Well, I've got to put a call to you
    'Cause I feel good tonight
    And everything's gonna be right, right, right

    I'm gonna have a good time tonight
    Rock and roll music gonna play all night
    Come on, baby, it won't take long
    Only take a minute just to sing my song

    Boney Moroney's gonna be with Jimmy
    Long Tall Sally's gonna be with him
    And Short Fat Fanny's gonna be there too

    And this is what I'm gonna do
    I've got to put the call to you
    'Cause I feel good tonight
    And everything's gonna be right, right, right

    I'm gonna have a good time tonight
    Rock and roll music gonna play all night
    Come on, baby, it won't take long
    Only take a minute just to sing my song Writer/s: LILY-MAY YOUNG, OWEN FRAZER ELLIOTT THOMAS, SAMUEL DRURY
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 2

  • Ken from BostonThe song is about partying. The singer's parents are gone and he's going to have some friends come over–Boney Maronie, Long Tall Sally, Short Fat Fannie–three girls from early rock n roll hits– with Jim and Slim. They're going to crank up some music, dance all night and have a good time. Unless you're convinced "dance all night" is code for sex and he's arranging an orgy.
  • Jesus from Delton, MiMary, Mary your on my mind,
    The folks are gone, and the place'll be mine,
    Oh, Mary, Mary, wanna be with you,
    And this is what I'm gonna do,

    Mike from Santa Barbara was wrong
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