Sha La La

When i was a young man

Unwilling and able

I went looking for a record label

I met a man who sat behind a desk

Holding all the cards

He said son it’s just business and if you wanna go far

Don’t tell me any stories that’ll put me to sleep

Don’t bore us just get to the chorus and don’t get too deep

And if you wanna be an artist well son that’s up to you

But if you wanna make a million here’s what you do   

Give ‘em something they can dance to

You gotta make ‘em wanna sing your song

Give ‘em something like sha la la

They’ll play it all night long   

Let em know it’s gonna be alright

And they can do no wrong

Give em something like sha la la

If you want em to sing your song

Sha la la la...

I guess i just listened to too much Bob Dylan

Too much Woody Guthrie too much Steve Earle

Too much Joni Mitchell Rickie Lee and John Prine

But when I hear Otis Redding sing I remember it's fine

To give ‘em something they can dance to

You gotta make ‘em wanna sing your song

Give ‘em something like fa fa fa

They’ll play it all night long    

Let em know it’s gonna be alright

And they can do no wrong   

Give em something like fa fa fa

If you want em to sing your song

Fa fa fa fa...

Now I’m older and I’ve learned the game

But at the end of the day I’m pretty much the same

I like to think i got integrity and all that good stuff

But it really doesn’t bother me and it's prob'ly enough

Give ‘em something they can dance to

You gotta make ‘em wanna sing your song

Give ‘em something like sha la la

They’ll play it all night long   

Let em know it’s gonna be alright

And they can do no wrong

Give em something like sha la la

If you want em to sing your song

Sha la la la...