Jonathan Richman - Parties In The U.S.A. lyrics

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Hi everybody! I'm from the 60's
The time of Louie Louie and
Little Latin Lupe Lu
And I know we can't have
Those times back again
But we can have parties like there were then
We need more parties in the USA
We need more parties in the USA

Could there be block parties 'bout
Which I don't know?
Maybe they're in neighborhoods where
I don't go could there be all these parties
Down some little lane
With potato chips sitting there
And guitar playing?
We need more parties in the USA

Well my friends were having a party
'round about 9: 00
Down in Huntington Beach when
The Po-lice knocked
Well, my friends were just quiet now
They were just drinking coffee and talking
But the Officer said someone
Called up complaining everybody get walking
He Said

Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, He said
Go Home, Go Home, Go Home
And that's no good for parties in the USA
That's no good for pa pa pa pa Lupe Lou
No, no good for hang on Sloopy
Sloopy hang on

So people are staying home more
Not having fun
A cold cold era has begun, has begun
Now things were bad before
There was lots of loneliness
But in 1965 things were not like this

When we had Hang on Sloopy, Sloopy hang on
Oh, Oh, yeah, and pa pa pa pa Lupe Lou
Shake it Shake it Shake it Lupe alright

Well could there be block parties
Of which I know not?
Wild beach parties around some open flame?
I know there's got to be parties
I bet there's a lot
But the USA has changed somehow
That I can't name he said

Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, He said
Go Home, Go Home, Go Home
And that's no good for

Parties in the USA no pa pa pa pa Lupe Lou
Oh yeah people are moving to California who
Hate the beach and things
I think they'd rather watch TV than
Hear a real person sing
Of course nowadays at parties you
Got louder stereo equipment
So now if the parties too loud
It's like a radioactive shipment
I say nowadays at parties for example
You got louder stereo bass
So now if the things too loud it's
Like a toxic clean up case
Well nowadays at parties, well
They've got louder stereos right?
So now if it's too loud it's
Like a noxious chemical site

Well Parties in the USA he said
Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, Oh yeah
Parties in the USA

Like and these officers, man
They weren't mellow
I mean they were so un-centered they said

Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, That's no good for
Parties in the USA
We need more pa pa pa pa Lupe Lou
We need more Shake it shake it shake it Lupe
We need more Parties yeah, in the USA
Alright, yeah, shake it up, shake it up, Oh