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Parties in the U.S.A.
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Hi everybody! I'm from the 60's,
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The time of Louie Louie and little Latin Lupe Lou.
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And I know we can't have those times back again,
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But we can have parties like there were then,
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We need more parties in the USA,
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We need more parties in the USA.
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Could there be block parties of which I don't know?
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Maybe they're in neighborhoods where I don't go.
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Could there be all these parties down some little lane
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With potato chips sitting there and guitar playing?
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We need more parties in the USA.
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Well my friends were having a party 'round about 9:00,
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Down in Huntington Beach when the Police knocked,
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Well, my friends were just quiet now.
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They were just drinking coffee and talking
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When the Officer said someone called up complaining
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Everybody kept walking.
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He Said...
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Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, He said...
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Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, And that's no good for...
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Parties in the USA,
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That's no good for pa-pa-pa-pa Lupe Lou.
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No, no good for hang on Sloopy, Sloopy hang on.
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So people are staying home more, not having fun,
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A cold cold era has begun, has begun,
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Now things were bad before, there was lots of lonliness
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But in 1965 things were not like this.
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When we had Hang on Sloopy, Sloopy hang on,
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Oh, Oh, Yeah, And pa-pa-pa-pa Lupe Lou.
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Shake it Shake it Shake it Lupe. Alright.
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Well could there be block parties of which I know not?
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Wild beach parties around some open flame?
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I know there's got to be parties, I bet there's a lot.
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But the USA has changed somehow that I can't name.
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He said...
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Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, He said...
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Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, And that's no good for...
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Parties in the USA,
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No pa-pa-pa-pa Lupe Lou.
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Oh Yeah.
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People are moving to California who hate the beach and things,
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I think they'd rather watch TV than hear a real person sing,
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Of course nowadays at parties you got louder stereo equipment,
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So now if the parties too loud it's like a radioactive shipment,
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I say nowadays at parties for example you got louder stereo bass,
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So now if the things too loud it's like a toxic clean up case.
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Well nowadays at parties well, they've got louder stereos right?
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So now if it's too loud it's like a noxcious chemical sight.
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Well Parties in the USA. He said...
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Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, Oh Oh
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Parties in the USA.
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But these friends of mine in Huntington Beach,
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They weren't loud when the officers entered.
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Like and these officers, man, they weren't mellow,
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I mean they were so un-centered. They said...
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Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, That's no good for...
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Parties in the USA,
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We need more pa-pa-pa-pa Lupe Lou,
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We need more Shake it shake it shake it Lupe.
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We need more Parties yeah, in the USA,
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Alright, Yeah, shake it up, shake it up, Oh.
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Parties in the U.S.A.
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Jonathan Richman |