Bobby Bare
"Great American Saturday Night" lyrics

Great American Saturday Night

Alright
Welcome to the great american Saturday night
The moment you've been itching for
Switching for
Hopefully, breathlessly
Anticipating for all week long
This is the big night
The night of sweet wine and soft music
Old friends will greet each other
Lovers will find each other
And all your Monday to Friday dreams
Will come true

It's a great american Saturday night
Drink a little more
Till the world looks better to you
Anybody here wanna fuck or fight?
It's a great american Saturday night
Great american Saturday night

You work all week
At a job you hate
Now the weekend's here
And you just can't wait
Cause Mary tells you
It's getting late
And you ain't getting younger, you know

So get your clothes out of the cleaner's
And blow-dry your hair
Spray deodorant
Everywhere
And paste on a smile
Like you really don't care
Then get ready to go

On a great american Saturday night
Drink a little more
Till the world looks better to you
Anybody here wanna fuck or fight?
It's a great american Saturday night
Great american Saturday night

First you say, "Hi"
Then you say, "My
Do you come here often?
Well, neither do I
And, hey, my place
Is right close-by
And I'd really like to be your friend"

Then you wake up Sunday
It's a coal-gray day
You almost got lucky
But it slipped away
But Saturday's only
Six days away
And you can start trying again

On a great american Saturday night
Drink a little more
Till the world looks better to you
Anybody here wanna fuck or fight?
It's a great american Saturday night
Great american Saturday night

It's a great american Saturday night, yeah
Drink a little more
Till the world looks better to you
Anybody here wanna fuck or fight?
It's a great american Saturday night
Great american Saturday night

Alright
Thank you
Saturday night at home

Authors: Shel Silverstein