Any Old Saturday Night — A bright illustrated Saturday-night music hall on a Central California main street

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Any Old Saturday Night

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

An ordinary Saturday night expands into a roaming celebration of playing, dancing and attraction. Bands, neon streets, a vintage car and memories of traveling the country give the evening its restless momentum. The narrator reaches for a love that might last forever, while admitting that tonight may be all they have.

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Recorded versions

4 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

Any Old Saturday Night

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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ANY OLD SATURDAY NIGHT

The girls are cutting loose, and the band is getting tight
It looks like we’re going to be playing all night
The people are cool and the energy is right
Baby, it's just Any Old Saturday Night
Jam Band, One Man Band
Travel everywhere all across the land
It don't matter how you get there
Only thing that matters is our love affair

There's a Backbeat in the street
Everybody dancin’, start to move their feet
Baby, move your body now to keep the beat
There's a little bit o’ Heaven out in my backseat

Maybe we can get a little indiscreet
I'll put the pedal to the metal up in the front seat
That ain't coffee in your coffee cup
I know I was watching when you cooked it up
Going to take it off road, going to get a little rough
You be sure to holler when you think you've had enough

CHORUS:
Any old Saturday night, yes, it's any old Saturday night
Plenty good for lovin’, or if you're lookin’ for a fight
Me and the boys can make it last all night
Yes, it's Any Old Saturday Night
Wake up, Little Darlin’, can you tell me what it means
When we shake it on up like we're down in New Orleans
Out here on the road, I am the king and you're the queen
Baby everything's going to be all right, it's just any old Saturday night

BRIDGE:
Come on, pretty baby, won't you take a ride with me?
I got a Caddy Eldorado from back in 1943
I've been across the desert and the mountains to the Sea
Man, I know everybody in this whole country
We got thunderstorms and earthquakes going to rock you to your soul
We got a whole lot of what it takes to play a rock and roll
My hair is standing up like it's plugged into a socket
Come on, baby, back me up, cuz I'm about to Rock it

CHORUS/OUTRO:
Babe, it's any old Saturday night
Wet streets shining in the rainbow neon light
You and me forever, if it's only for tonight
We'll work it out together up until we get it right
Yes, it's any old Saturday night
The music's in my head when I'm trying to go to bed
Come on baby, you and me can make it last all night
Cuz it's any old Saturday night
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