As the cafe was closing On a warm summer night And Cathy was cleaning the spoons The radio played the hit parade And I hummed a long with the tune She asked me to change the station Said the song just drove her insane But it weren't just the music playing

Don't take her for granted, she had a hard time Don't misunderstand her, don't play with her mind Treat her so gently, it will pay you in time Hey you've got to know, she's the sensitive kind Tell her you love her, each and every night You will discover,

Swayin', and prayin' That the band don't ever stop playin' Our favorite songs all night long. Oh baby don't it feel so right, Me rockin' you side to side, Just stayin' in these arms of mine, Wrapped up tight just swayin' Well they call em' the cheap

I've played every beer joint tavern From New York City out to Pasadena Every corn dog fair and rodeo And sold out every basketball arena In Afghanistan and Baghdad City too Graduate of Honky Tonk you My grandmother owned a night club On the

Tropical the island breeze All of nature wild and free This is where I long to be La isla bonita And when the samba played The sun would set so high Ring through my ears and sting my eyes Your Spanish lullaby Last night I dreamt of San Pedro

All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Come make we play some ketchy shuby And when me shuby, you feel ketchy And when you ketchy, don't make it drop 'Cause if it drop, it will pop And if it pop, no

So hold up and, take it through the night And we should follow through, to make it alright Now grab each others' hands, get 'em all I wanna see you rock to the piano It's not hard, (it's not hard) But I'd rather make a song they can play on the radio

All day (all day) All night (and all night) You got some nerve playin' with fire You don't (you don't), realize (no) That I'm on my way for your satisfaction (faction)-faction Could even have this Call me an addict, but I need your satisfaction-faction

Drink some Margaritas by a string of blue lights Listen to the Mariachi play at midnight Are you with me, are you with me? I wanna dance by water 'neath the Mexican sky Are you with me?

And I've got a show to play In Birmingham tonight I got a cigarette I guess, I am tonight I got a glass of wine I should be feeling fine I ain't feeling nothing yet She's leading the second line Feel like I'm in front of it