Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)

VERSE 1:
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Spread out now Rosie doctor come cut loose her 
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mama’s reins

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You know playing blind man’s bluff is a little 
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baby’s game

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You pick up little Dynamite, I’m gonna pick up 
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Little Gun

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And together we’re gonna go out tonight

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And make that highway run


VERSE 2:
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You don’t have to call me lieutenant Rosie

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And I don’t want to be your son

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The only lover I’m ever gonna need’s 

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Your soft, sweet little girl’s tongue

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And Rosie you’re the one


VERSE 3:
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Dynamite’s in the belfry baby, playing with the 
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bats

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Little Gun’s downtown in front of Woolworth’s

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Trying out his attitude on all the cats

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Papa’s on the corner, waiting for the bus

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Mama she’s home in the window, waiting up for us

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She’ll be there in that chair when they wrestle 
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her upstairs

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Cause you know we ain’t gonna come


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I ain’t here on business baby, I’m only here for 
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fun

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And Rosie you’re the one


CHORUS:
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Rosalita jump a little lighter

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Senorita come sit by my fire

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I just want to be your lover, ain’t no liar

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Rosalita you’re my stone desire


VERSE 4:
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Jack the Rabbit and Weak Knee Willie

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Don’t you know they’re gonna be there

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Ah, Sloppy Sue and Big Bones Billy, they’ll be 
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coming up for air

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We’re gonna play some pool, skip some school, 
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act real cool

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Stay out all night, it’s gonna feel alright

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tonight

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Windows are for cheaters, chimneys for the poor

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Oh closets are for hangers, winners use the door

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So use it Rosie, that’s what it’s there for


CHORUS:

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Rosalita jump a little lighter

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Senorita come sit by my fire

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I just want to be your lover, ain’t no liar

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Rosalita you’re my stone desire


VERSE 5:
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Now I know your mama she don’t like me 

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Cause I play in a rock and roll band

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And I know your daddy don’t dig me but he never 
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did understand

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Your papa lowered the boom, he locked you in 
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your room

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I’m coming to lend a hand

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I’m coming to liberate you, confiscate you, I 
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want to be your man

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Someday we’ll look back on this and it will all 
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seem funny

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But now you’re sad, your mama’s mad and your

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Papa says he knows that I don’t have any money

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Oh your papa says he knows that I don’t have any 
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money

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So your daddy says he knows that I don’t have 
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any money

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Tell him this is his last chance

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To get his daughter in a fine romance

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Because the record company Rosie just gave me a 
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big advance


VERSE 6:

And my tyres were slashed and I almost crashed but the Lord had mercy,
And my machine, she’s a dud, out stuck in the mud somewhere
In the swamps of New Jersey.
Well, hold on tight, stay up all night, cause Rosie I’m coming on strong.
By the time we meet in the morning light I will hold you in my arms.
I know a pretty little place in Southern California down San Diego way.
There’s a little café where they play guitars all night and all day,
You can hear them in the back room strumming.
So hold tight baby cause don’t you know daddy’s coming. Ah everybody sing.


CHORUS:

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Rosalita jump a little lighter

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Senorita come sit by my fire

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I just want to be your lover, ain’t no liar

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Rosalita you’re my stone desire