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Down the Road a Piece Lyrics
Now if you wanna hear some boogie like I'm gonna play
It's just an old piano and a knockout bass
The drummer's man's a cat they call Charlie McCoy
You know, remember that rubber-legged boy?
Mama cookin' chicken fried and bacon grease
Come on along boys, it's just down the road apiece
Well there's a place you really get your kicks
It's open every night about twelve to six
Now if you wanna hear some boogie you can and get your fill
And shove and sting like a old steam drill
Come on along, you can lose your lead
Down the road, down the road, down the road apiece
Well there's a place you really get your kicks
It's open every night about twelve to six
Now if you wanna hear some boogie you can and get your fill
And shove and sting like a old steam drill
Come on, along you can lose your lead
Down the road, down the road, down the road apiece
Come on along, you can lose your lead
Down the road, down the road, down the road apiece
It's just an old piano and a knockout bass
The drummer's man's a cat they call Charlie McCoy
You know, remember that rubber-legged boy?
Mama cookin' chicken fried and bacon grease
Come on along boys, it's just down the road apiece
It's open every night about twelve to six
Now if you wanna hear some boogie you can and get your fill
And shove and sting like a old steam drill
Come on along, you can lose your lead
Down the road, down the road, down the road apiece
It's open every night about twelve to six
Now if you wanna hear some boogie you can and get your fill
And shove and sting like a old steam drill
Come on, along you can lose your lead
Down the road, down the road, down the road apiece
Down the road, down the road, down the road apiece
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Don Raye's lyrics made sense - both Chuck and the Stones mangled them.
I had to sing this song in a cover band, and I could never understand the line "shove and sting like an old steam drill." After listening to the original about 100 times, I wasn't even sure that that was what ole Mick was saying, but I couldn't figure out an alternative interpretation, either. Does an old steam drill really shove and sting? What is Mick saying?
@rockin_royce I think it's "shake and shimmy like an old steam drill." The original lyric was "puts the 8-beat to you like an old steam drill" i.e. boogie music.
@rockin_royce I think it's "shake and shimmy like an old steam drill." The original lyric was "puts the 8-beat to you like an old steam drill" i.e. boogie music.