MAMA JUST WANTS TO BARREL-HOUSE ALL NIGHT LONG       Bruce Cockburn


I was up the road on Easy Street
Watching everybody stand around and cheat.
A man comes up and says "Move along
Back to the corner where you belong"
But Mama just wants to barrel-house all night long.


I hear the city singing like a siren choir.
Some fool tried to set this town on fire.
T.V. preacher screams "Come on along"...
I feel like Fay Wray face to face with King Kong
But Mama just wants to barrel-house all night long.   (2)


Sometimes I wonder what I am,
I feel like I'm living in a hologram.
It doesn't seem to matter what's right or wrong,
Everybody's grabbing and coming on strong
But Mama just wants to barrelhouse all night long.   (2)