Jive After Five
Carl Perkins
Jive After Five:Carl Perkins. #10 on Rocck Charts on COLUMBIA Records in 1958. Intro: #1. I work all day as a soda jerk..on my feet all the time and oh man how they hurt. Don’t make much but I sure get the news..I don’t have much time for gettin’ the blues. My friends drop in for sodas and pop they’re all talking fancy about a new record hop. #2. All day long I’m a-fillin’ orders..takin’ in nickels dimes and quarters. Cherry sodas and a chocolate shake strawberry sundaes and a lemon phosphate. Time to clean the fountain ’cause it’s almost five..you know me dad after five I jive. I wanna jive uh-huh-huh-huh I wanna jive..ooo-hooo-hooo-hooo I wanna jive yes after five. uh-huh-ho-ho I wanna jive man alive after five. #3. Well I mop the floor and I wipe the counter..I just work here dad I’m not the founder. I keep a-workin’ and a-watchin’ the clock..a-peepin’ out the window for my baby to stop. We’ll head out of town to a little night dive..because you know me dad after five I jive. #4. All day long I’m a-fillin’ orders..takin’ in nickels dimes and quarters. Cherry cokes and a tall root beer a cone of vanilla with a chocolate spill. Time to clean the fountain ’cause it’s almost five..you know me dad after five I jive..I wanna jive. I wanna jive I wanna jive ooo-hooo-hooo and then I jive. Yeah I wanna jive yes man alive..come on now cat let’s jive. Everybody rock I wanna jive..ah-ah-ah I wanna jive..ooh-ooh-ooh I wanna jive. Yes I wanna jive man alive I wanna jive Jive jive after five. A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.