Ry Cooder
Smack Dab in the Middle (Live)
[Verse 1]
Well, pick me a town in any clime
People like a rockin' time
Stay awake both day and night
And everybody's feeling good and right
Then throw me

[Chorus]
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
Well, let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul

[Verse 2]
I want ten Cadillacs and a diamond mill
Ten suits of clothes, I'm dressed to kill
Ten room house and-a some barbecue
And-a fifty chicks not over twenty-two
And they'll all be

[Chorus]
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
Well, let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul
[Saxophone Solo]

[Verse 3]
Well, I want a lotta bread and-a gangs of meat
Oodles of butter and something sweet
Gallons of coffee to wash it down
And buy carbonated soda by the pound

[Chorus]
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
Well, let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul

[Verse 4]
I want a big jazz band, a lot of dancing girls
Streets that's paved with natural pearl
Bring me a wagon load of bonds and stocks
And then open up the door to Fort Knox
Then throw me

[Chorus]
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
Well, let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul
[Outro]
Soul, (smack) soul, (dab) soul
(Smack dab) soul
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Thanks you folks. I'm gonna introduce everybody for you
On alto sax, Frank Villarreal
On drums, Isaac Garcia
Bass, Big Red in your town tonight, Big Red
Bajo sexto, Jesse Ponce
Accordion, Flaco Jimenez
And helping me out on vocal, Eldridge King, Terry Evans, and Bobby King
Thank you again, and good night