Saturday night and the moon is out. I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout,find a two-step partner and a cajun beat, when it lifts me up, I'm gonna find my feetout in the middle of a big dance floor.When I hear that fiddle, wanna beg for more.Wanna dance to a band from a Lousian' tonight. And I never have wandered down to New Orleans,never have drifted down a bayou stream.But I heard that music on the radio,and I swore someday I was gonna go:down a highway 10 past Lafayett;there's a Baton Rouge.and I won't forget to send you a card with my regrets'cause I'm never gonna come back home. Saturday night and the moon is out. I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout,find a two-step partner and a cajun beat, when it lifts me up, I'm gonna find my feetout in the middle of a big dance floor.When I hear that fiddle, wanna beg for more.Wanna dance to a band from a Lousian' tonight.Hey! They gotta alligator stew and a crawfish pie,a gulf storm blowin' into town tonight.Livin' on the delta it's quite a show.They got hurricane parties ev'ry time it blows.But here up north it's a cold, cold rain,and there ain't no cure for my blues today; except when the paper saysBeousoleil is a comin' into town.baby let's go down. It's Saturday night and the moon is out. I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout,find a two-step partner and a cajun beat, when it lifts me up, I'm gonna find my feetout in the middle of a big dance floor.When I hear that fiddle, wanna beg for more.Wanna dance to a band from a Lousian' tonight. Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring you sister too.They got lots of music and lots of room.When they play you a waltz form a nineteen ten, you're gonna fell a little bit young again.Well you learn to dance with you rockin' roll,you learn to swing with do-si-do.But you learn to love at the fais do do when you hear a little Jolie Blon. Saturday night and the moon is out. I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout,find a two-step partner and a cajun beat, when it lifts me up, I'm gonna find my feetout in the middle of a big dance floor.When I hear that fiddle, wanna beg for more.Wanna dance to a band from a Lousian' tonight. Whoo!
Lyrics by Sandy & Júnior