Psychedelic Shack

Album: Psychedelic Shack (1969)
Charted: 33 7
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  • Yeah
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
    Yeah
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at

    People, let me tell you 'bout a place I know, to get in it don't take much dough
    Where you can really do your thing, oh yeah
    It's got a neon sigh outside that says
    Come in and take a look at your mind
    You'll be surprised what you might find
    Strobe lights flashing from sun up to sun down
    People gather there from all parts of town

    Right around the corner, you know it's just across the track
    People I'm talking abut the psychedelic shack
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at, yeah

    You can have your fortune told, you can learn the meaning of soul
    There ain't no such a thing as time
    Incense in the air, peace signs painted everywhere
    I guarantee you this place will blow your mind
    They got music so high you can't get over it
    So low you can't get under it

    Right around the corner, you know it's just across the track
    People I'm talking abut the psychedelic shack
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at, yeah

    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, millionaires, kings and queens go there to do their thing
    You might see anybody there, yeah
    Bearskin rugs, tails and minks
    It don't really matter what you wear
    Take off your shoes, sit on the floor
    Join in and be what you wanna be, don't you know it's

    Right around the corner, you know it's just across the track
    People I'm talking abut the psychedelic shack
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at
    Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at, yeah, oh yeah

    They got a cat there shoutin' the blues, talkin' 'bout payin' some dues
    People walkin' round reciting poetry, yeah
    Screaming guitars and a thousand colored lights
    People, I'm telling you this place is really out of sight
    You can have your fortune told, you can learn the meaning of soul
    I can tell you the place will blow your mind, don't you know it's

    Right around the corner, you know it's just across the track Writer/s: BARRETT STRONG, NORMAN J. WHITFIELD, NORMAN WHITFIELD
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Elma Lois Goodloe from TexasI miss these artists; they were simply the best. NO other group has come close to their status in music, and I don't believe that any will ever. "Temptations" forever. They did not realize this statement would be so profound and true.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1970 {April 5th} the Temptations performed "Psychedelic Shack" on the CBS-TV Sunday-night musical variety program, 'The Ed Sullivan Show'...
    The following week it would peak at #2* {for three weeks} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart..
    It reached #7 on Billboard's Top 100 chart...
    Between 1965 and 1975 the Motown super group had fourteen #1 records on the Hot R&B Singles chart, and in addition "Psychedelic Shack" was the fifth of eight Temp records to peak at #2 on the chart...
    * For the three weeks "Psychedelic Shack" was at #2, the #1 record for those three weeks was "Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin" b/w "Everybody Is A Star" by Sly & The Family Stone...
  • Bill from UsI always imagined this song was inspired by "Walk right In".... sit right down, baby let your mind roll on, which was written in 1929! a hit in 1959, and 10 years later Whitfield added a little acid to it!.
    "Come in and take a look at your mind.
    You'll be surprised what you might find."
    Whitfield and crew and the Temps, Classic forever music!
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