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The Return - big M - for SongFight

They say there was a man from a small Texas town
And when he picked up a geetar all the people would gather 'round
"Rock us with your tunes tonight!" the crowd proclaimed
"Rock us 'til the early mornin' light!" the crowd exclaimed

So he mustered up all his musical juice
The people clapped and stamped their shoes
And they rocked all night long
As the music man sang his song

Well 20 years long years have passed in that small Texas Town
The townsfolk haven't grooved since the music man left town
The children laugh, tell jokes and play but the children haven't rocked
The old folks lost the fire they once had and just stare at the clocks

Then one day, a man slinked in all dressed in black
He had on boots and a large odd case slung across his back
The people watched and memories churned as the strange man
Reached into his case and took his guitar in his hands

"Rock us with your tunes tonight!" the crowd proclaimed
"Rock us 'til the early mornin' light!" the crowd exclaimed
So once again he strummed his tunes
The people clapped and stamped their shoes

And they rocked all night long
As the music man sang his song
And they rocked all night long
As the music man sang his song

I finally settled on this version of The Return, as opposed to the version with the could-have-been-classic line, 'Répondez s'il vous plaît / I want you back yesterday.' Right or wrong choice? We may never know.

Zangdog - The Return

Take your partner by the hand
Take her to Beulah Land
Swing her round until she yields
Leave her in the Elysian Fields
Pick her up and put her down
Close you eyes and turn around
And then

Turn once
Turn twice
If you wanna be nice
Then turn thrice
To do it right you've got to learn
It's the turn
The turn
And then the return

Take your partner by the brain
Put her on the gravy train
Pick her up by the ears
And run through all the gears
And don't decelerate
Till you reach another state
Of mind

Turn once...

Take your partner by the pants
Stop me if you know this dance
But I guess as you're here today
You've never danced this way
Well that's just fine
If you don't mind
Not being able to

Turn once...

Make your partner understand
What it means to be a man
Do the alligator bite and the mule kick
Do it till you feel sick
And that won't be too long
If you follow this song
And you better

Turn once...

Mix your beer with your wine
Everybody have a real good time
And if you don't touch the booze
Just give a sip to your dancing shoes
Remember, if you ain't having fun
The terrorists have already won
And you don't want that, do you?

Turn once...

Alright
I can dig it
There it is
Wait a minute

Turn it
Turn it
Turn it off