2009-08-10

Fats Domino - Rockin' Bicycle


Artist: Fats Domino

Song: Rockin’Bicycle

Album: What a Party (1961)

Antoine ‘Fats’ Domino, born 26 February 1928, became the most successful New Orleans big-band R&B million-seller of the long era between 1955 and the early 1960s: a man who gave us hit after huge, endearing hit, with a fat, simple sound and a warm, much-imitated faux-naïve voice that built many memorable self-penned songs into mountains on the music landscape. more

Rockin Bicycle is also the b-side of his 56° singles

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Ain't got a Cadillac or big old De Ville

I'm just a little guy not a big tire wheel

But I can prove my love is true

On my rockin' bicycle that's built for two

We don't care if we live out of date

We don't care if we're a little bit late

Gonna make the scene baby me and you

On my rockin' bicycle that's built for two

We don't care, we don't mind

If we don't be in front, we be a-right behind

We don't care if they laugh at us

Let 'em take the bus and leave the cycle for us

They can have a Cadillac and T-bird too

But gimme my rockin' bicycle for two

[Instrumental]

Ain't got a Cadillac or big old De Ville

I'm just a little guy not a big tire wheel

But I can prove my love is true

On my rockin' bicycle that's built for two

We don't care if we live out of date

We don't care if we're a little bit late

Gonna make the scene baby me and you

On my rockin' bicycle that's built for two

We don't care, we don't mind

If we be in front we be right behind

We don't care if they laugh at us

Let 'em take the bus and leave the cycle to us

They can have the Cadillac and T-bird too

But give me rockin' bicycle for two

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yeah, but I defy you to actually find a recording of this rare classic. I've been looking for decades.

Anonymous said...

I stand corrected. You did find it.

Sort of the theme song for this blog, no?