GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT
(Roy Brown)

performed by various artists

SOUND ARCHIVE
(RealAudio samples)
& LYRICS

Roy Brown's original version

I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight
Gonna hold my baby as tight as I can
Tonight she'll know I'm a mighty man
I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight

Oh, lead me in the alley behind the barn
Don't be afraid, I'll do you no harm
Baby, bring my rockin' shoes
'Cause tonight I'm gonna rock away all my blues
Have you heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight

Well, Elder Brown, Deacon Jones
They've left their happy home
They'll be there, just you wait and see
A-jumpin' and a-stompin' at the jubilee
Hey man, there's good rockin' tonight

Sweet Lorraine, Sioux City Sue
Sweet Georgia Brown, Caledonia, too
They'll be there jumpin' like mad
Hey, sister, ain't you glad
We got the news there's good rockin' tonight

Elvis Presley's version

Well, I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight.
Well, I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight.

I'm gonna hold my baby as tight as I can.
Tonight she'll know I'm a mighty, mighty man.
I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight.

I say, well, meet me in a hurry behind the barn,
Don't you be afraid, darling, I'll do you no harm
I want you to bring along my rockin' shoes,
'Cause tonight I'm gonna rock away all my blues.
I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight.

Well, we're gonna rock, we're gonna rock.
Let's rock. Come on and rock.
We're gonna rock all our blues away.

Have you heard the news? Everybody's rockin' tonight.
Have you heard the news? Everybody's rockin' tonight.

I'm gonna hold my baby as tight as I can,
Well, tonight she'll know I'm a mighty, mighty man.
I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight.

Well, we're gonna rock, rock, rock,
Come on and rock, rock, rock,
Well, rock, rock, rock, rock,
Let's rock, rock, rock, rock,
We're gonna rock all our blues away.

Ricky Nelson's version

Well did you hear the news, there's good rockin' tonight
Yeah I heard the news, everybody's rockin' tonight

Well I'm gonna hold my baby as tight as I can
Tonight she'll know I'm a mighty mighty man
I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight

Well I said meet me in a hurry now don't be late
The band starts rockin' about half past eight
I want you to bring along your rockin' shoes
'Cause tonight we're gonna rock away all our blues.
I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight

Well we're gonna rock, let's rock,
Yeah come on and rock, umm we're gonna rock,
Well let's rock all our blues away

[spoken:] Yeah let's rock now!

Well I said meet me in a hurry now don't be late
The band starts rockin' about half past eight
I want you to bring along your rockin' shoes
'Cause tonight we're gonna rock away all our blues

I heard the news, there's good rockin' tonight
Well we're gonna rock, let's rock,
Yeah come on and rock,
Woo we're gonna rock all our blues away

Eddy Mitchell (Claude Moine)'s french adaptation
ET LA VOIX D'ELVIS (1977)

Et la voix d'Elvis chantait "Good Rockin' tonight"
La voix d'Elvis chantait "Good Rockin' tonight"
Et pendant c'temps-là j'travaillais
Garçon de course au Crédit Lyonnais
Et la voix d'Elvis chantait "Good Rockin' tonight"

Et René Coty préparait son départ
Abandonnant à tout jamais le pouvoir
Le vieux James Dean était deja mort
Mais Elvis Presley avait son disque d'or
Et la voix d'Elvis chantait "Good Rockin' tonight"

C'était le rock
C'était le rock, rock
C'était le rock
C'était le rock
Et pour moi tout changeait

Car la voix d'Elvis chantait "Good Rockin' tonight"
La voix d'Elvis chantait "Good Rockin' tonight"
Et les Blousons Noirs brûlaient leurs dernières nuits
Avant de partir pour Alger, Algérie
Et la voix d'Elvis chantait "Good Rockin' tonight"

Et Charles de Gaulle prenait le pouvoir
Promettant les mille et une nuits aux Pieds-Noirs
Et la Bastille en a tellement vu
Que l'on ne l'y reprendra jamais jamais plus
Et la voix d'Elvis chantait "Good Rockin' tonight"

C'était le rock, rock, rock, rock
C'était le rock, rock, rock, rock
Rock, rock, rock, rock
C'était le rock
C'était le rock
Et pour moi tout changeait