Second Fling Song Lyrics and Chords by Eddy Arnold
Second Fling
Recorded by Eddy Arnold
Written by Steve Nelson and Joan Ellen Javits
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I'm gonna fill the jukebox up with nickels
Dance to every
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And when it's time to feed the chickens
I'll be howling at the
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moon
Before I get too old and feeble
Better
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get back in the
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swing
I'm gonna let my hair down
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really
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bear
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have me a second
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fling
I'm tired of sitting here and rockin'
I've been getting too much
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rest
I'll get to be a gray-haired angel
If I don't get this off of my
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chest
The ladies used to like my lovin'
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I ain't forgot a
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thing
I got some oats needs sowin€
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™ out I'
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Have me a second
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I'm
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awful sick of
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watchin'
All the
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pretty girls go
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by
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standing there and a
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droolin'
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they're givin' me th
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And so
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tonight I'm gonna live it up
Shock everyone in
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town
And if it takes a hundred years
I guess I'll never live it
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down
I'm gonna do all right cause tonight's the night
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cut that apron
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I'll take the consequences
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lose my
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senses
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have me a second
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And so tonight I'm gonna live it up
Shock everyone in
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town
And if it takes a hundred years
I guess I'll never live it
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down
I'm gonna do all right cause tonight's the night
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cut that apron
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I'll take the consequences
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lose my
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senses
And
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have me a second
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fling
FAQ
Who sang the the song Second Fling?
- The song Second Fling was sang by Eddy Arnold.
Who is Eddy Arnold?
- Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 - May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more than 85 million records. A member of the Grand Ole Opry (beginning 1943) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (beginning 1966), Arnold ranked 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music."
