Released September 1974 | RAK Records SRAK 508
Produced by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn for Chinnichap Ltd
(spoken) Now this here’s the story of Abigail Rocket-Blast.
Just wanna tell you
Well, well you changed your name to Abigail Rocket-Blast
And then they wound you up for the Hollywood movie test
With all them big cigars and motor cars
She thought she was a movie star
But Abigail Blast you sure are changing fast
You, you, you were just sixteen you were knocking on the agent’s door
Because, because, because the silver screen is what a movie queen lives for
They gave you minks and dreams, and pinks and greens
You threw away your old blue jeans
But Abigail Blast they’re using you
Come on, come on, come on now
Chorus
Rocket - I’m gonna launch you soon
C’mon now Rocket, you’re gonna reach the moon
You’re gonna take off soon, you’re gonna reach the moon
You know your time’ll come.
I’ll give you 3-2-1!
Now Rocket, I’m gonna launch you soon
Second verse
I saw you sitting in a soda store with all the cast-off Stardust falls
Where they write their names on the floor and hang their photographs on the walls.
Oh but to me you’ve still got sweet sixteen
I’m getting rid of Abigail Blast
I’ll call you Rocket, cut the past.
Come on, come on, come on, come on now
Chorus
Break
You’re gonna take off soon, you’re gonna reach the moon
You’ll know when your time has come
I’ll give you 3 - 2 - 1!
Now Rocket, I’m gonna launch you soon
Come on,m come on, now Rocket
I’m gonna launch you soon.
Come on, come on, come on, come on now Rocket
You’re gonna reach the moon
Come on, come on, come on now Rocket
I’m gonna launch you soon
Well, well, well Rocket
I’m gonna launch you soon
Written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman (BMG Music publishing Limited)
(spoken)
You broke my heart ’cos I couldn’t dance.
You didn’t even want me around.
But now I’m back (ooh my bloody finger)
To let you know that I can really shake ’em down.
One, two, one, two three
Do you
love me? (I can really move)
Do you love me? I'm in the groove
Do you love me? (Do you really love me)
Now that I can dance?
Watch me
now (Push, push)
Shake it up, shake it up (Push push)
Shake it shake it down now (push push)
Just a little bit of soul now
Like a
mashed potato (mashed potato)
I can do the twist (do the twist)
Will you tell me baby
Do you like it like this?
Oh tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me.
Do you
love me? (Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya wanna dance?)
Do you love me?
(Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya wanna dance?)
Do you love me?
(Do ya, do ya, do ya, do ya wanna dance?)
Picked
her up on a Friday night, ha le la le la la le.
I knew everything was gonna be all right, Sha lee la lee la la lee.,
Sha lee la lee la la lee.
Took her
home and I asked her again if she was gonna be my baby
She looked so good when she answered me
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
Sha le
la le la le la la lee
Do you love me ?
Sha le la le la le la la lee
Do you love me ?
Sha le la le la le la la lee
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Let me see you clap your hands
Do you love me?
Keep in time with the band
Do you love me?
I hope you're feeling fine
Do you love me?
Sing it one more time
Do you love me?
Do you love me now that I can dance?
Written by Gordy - Lynch/Shuman
On the banks of the river stood Running Bear,
Young Indian brave.
On the other side of the river stood his lovely Indian maid.
Little White Dove was her name.
Such a lovely sight to see.
But their tribes fought with each other
So their love could never be.
Chorus
Running Bear, loved Little White Dove
With a love as big as the sky.
Running Bear, loved Little White Dove
With a love that wouldn't die.
He couldn't swim the ragging river
Cos the river was too wide.
He couldn't reach his Little White Dove
Waiting on the other side.
In the moonlight he could see her
Blowing kisses across the waves.
Her little heart was beating faster
Waiting there for her brave.
Chorus
Break
Running Bear dove in the water.
Little White Dove did the same.
And they swam out to each other
Through the swirling stream they came.
As their hands touched and their lips met
The ragging river pulled them down.
Now they'll always be together in that happy hunting ground
Chorus
Break
Chorus
Written by Richardson
For goodness
sake.
I’ve got the hippy hippy shake.
Yeah I got the shakes,
I’ve got the hippy, hippy shake.
Oh, I can’t
sit still
With the hippy hippy shake.
Yeah I got my fill now
With the hippy hippy shake.
Yeah it’s in the bag.
Oh, the hippy hippy shake
Well now
you shake it to the left,
You shake it to the right
You do the hippy shake shake with all your might
All right,
come on and shake
Oh it’s in the bag
Oh the hippy hippy shake
Break
Well now you shake it to the left,
You shake it to the right
You do the hippy shake shake with all your might
For goodness
sake.
I’ve got the hippy hippy shake
Yeah I got the shakes
I’ve got the hippy, hippy shake.
Oh, I can’t
sit still
With the hippy hippy shake
Yeah I got my fill now
With the hippy hippy shake
Yeah it’s in the bag.
Oh, the hippy hippy shake
Oh, the hippy hippy shake
Oh, the hippy hippy shake
Written by Romero
Get out of that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans.
Get out of that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans.
Roll my bgreakfast ’cos I’m a hungry man.
I said Shake, Rattle And Roll.
I said Shake Rattle And Roll.
I said Shake Rattle And Roll.
I said Shake Rattle And Roll.
You never do nothing to save your goddamned soul.
I’m like a one-eyed cat peeping in a seafood store
I’m like a one-eyed cat peeping in a seafood store
I could look at you ’til you don’t love me no more.
I said Shake, Rattle And Roll.
I said Shake Rattle And Roll.
I said Shake Rattle And Roll.
I said Shake Rattle And Roll.
You never do nothing to save your goddamned soul.
When I saw my baby walking, well I know I gotta date.
When I saw my baby walking, well I know I gotta date.
When I asked what’s the matter, this is what I heard her say.
See you later alligator.
After
a while crocodile.
See
you later alligator,
After
a while crocodile.
Can’t
you see your in my way now.
Don ’t
you know you cramp my style.
I said
wait a minute ’gator, I know you mean it just for play.
I
said wait a minute ’gator, I know you mean it just for play.
Don ’t
you know you really hurt me.
This
is what I had to stay.
See
you later alligator.
After
a while crocodile.
See
you later alligator,
After
a while crocodile.
Can’t
you see your in my way now.
Don ’t
you know you cramp my style.
Repeat to fade
Written by Calhoun/Guidry (Campbell Connelly & Co Ltd/Box & Co Publ Ltd)
Why does
the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't know it's the end of the world
’cos you don't love me anymore?
Why do
the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when I lost your love
I wake
up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything’s the same as it was.
I can’t understand, no I can’t understand how life goes on
the way it does.
Why does
my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don’t they know it’s the end of the world,
It ended when you said goodbye.
(spoken):
Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don’t they know it’s the end of the world
(sung): It ended when you said goodbye.
I wake
up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything’s the same as it was
I can’t understand, no I can’t understand how life goes on
the way it does.
Why does
my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don’t they know it’s the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye
Oh don’t,
don't they know it’s the end of the world
It ended when you said goodbye.
Written by Dee and Kent
Blue moon,
you saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue moon,
you knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Some one I really could care for.
And then you suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms could ever hold
I heard somebody whisper please adore me
And when I looked the moon had turned to gold.
Blue moon, now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own.
Written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
She drew out all her money from the Southern Trust
And put her little boy aboard a greyhound bus.
Leavin’ Louisianne for the golden west,
Down came her tears from her happiness.
Her own little some named Johnney B Goode
Was going to make some motion pictures down in Hollywood
Chorus
And sing bye bye, bye bye.
Bye bye, bye bye.
Bye bye Johnney, goodebye Johnny B Goode.
She remembered taking money in from gathering crops
And buying Johnny’s guitar from the brokers shop.
As long as he was playing by the railroad side.
Wouldn’t get in trouble, she’d be satisfied.
She never thought that there would come a day like this
When she would have to give her son a goodbye kiss.
Chorus
She finally got the letter she was dreaming of
Cos Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love.
As soon as he was married he would bring her back
And build a mansion for her by the railroad side.
So everytime she heard the locomotive roar
She’d be standing, waiting at the kitchen door.
Chorus – repeat and fade.
Written by Chuck Berry (Jewel Music Publishing Co Ltd)