FRIDAY NIGHT
Douglas_Stanglin S.
Genre: Country
Tempo: SLOW
Additional Notes:
No Notes Available
Lyrics:
FRIDAY NIGHT
By Douglas Stanglin & Luke Liddy
Verse:
AUNT JESSICA PLAYED BINGO EVERY MONDAY NIGHT
IN THE DINING HALL WHERE THEY ALL TAKE THEIR MEALS.
AND SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE ON TUESDAYS FOR HER BOOK CLUB.
SHE’D STAY RIGHT ‘TIL THE END NO MATTER HOW SHE’D FEEL.
Lift:
BUT ON FRIDAY NIGHT SHE STAYED INSIDE HER ROOM,
BRUSHED HER HAIR, PUT ON A LONG WHITE DRESS.
PLAYED SOME WALTZES ON THE STEREO, AND CLOSED HER EYES,
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME TO REMINISCE.
Chorus:
’CAUSE UNCLE JOHN WOULD TAKE HER DANCING,
FRIDAY NIGHTS WHEN HE’D GET HOME
BEFORE THE KIDS WERE BORN,
AND AFTER THEY WERE GROWN.
THEY’D DANCE UNTIL THE MORNING,
AND SHE USED TO LOVE TO TELL
HOW HE’D BRING A RED CARNATION
THAT SHE’D PIN ON HIS LAPEL.
THOUGH HE’D BEEN GONE FOR 20 YEARS,
SHE NEVER FELT QUITE RIGHT,
IF SHE WASN’T WAITING HOME FOR UNCLE JOHN
ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
Verse:
AUNT JESSICA PLAYED DOMINOES ON THURSDAYS
IN THE TV ROOM WHEN NOTHING MUCH WAS ON.
AND ON SUNDAY NIGHTS THE PREACHER CAME
AND BROUGHT ALONG HIS CHOIR
SHE NEVER MISSED A ONE AND ALWAYS SANG ALONG.
Lift:
BUT ON FRIDAY NIGHT SHE STAYED INSIDE HER ROOM
BRUSHED HER HAIR, PUT ON A LONG WHITE DRESS,
PLAYED SOME WALTZES ON THE STEREO, AND CLOSED
HER EYES, FOR A LONG, LONG TIME TO REMINISCE.
: (Rpt Chorus)
Bridge:
BUT SHE WASN’T THERE AT BREAKFAST LAST SATURDAY.
THE FIRST ONE THAT SHE MISSED ALL YEAR.
SHE WENT PEACEFULLY, THE DOCTOR SAID
BUT HE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND
WHERE SHE GOT A RED CARNATION SHE WAS CLUTCHING IN HER HAND.
Tag:
WELL ,AFTER WAITING 20 YEARS, IT MUST HAVE FELT SO RIGHT.
WHEN UNCLE JOHN FINALLY CAME TO PICK HER UP
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.
© 2006 Stanglin & Liddy