Small Town Saturday Night Song Lyrics and Chords by Hal Ketchum
Small Town Saturday Night
Recorded by Hal Ketchum
Written by Pat Alger and Hank DeVito
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seen at
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least three
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Everybody's broke
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Bobby's got a
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buck
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dollar's worth of
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gas in his
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pickup
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We're goin' ninety miles an hour down a dead end road
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What's the hurry son
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where're you gonna
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go
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moon
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shoot out the
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It's a small
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town
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night
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town
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night
Lucy's got her lipstick on a
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little too
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bright
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Bobby's gettin'
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drunk and
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lookin' for a
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fight
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trouble on his
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mind
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Lucy's just a
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kid along
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for the
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ride
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Got a six-pack of beer and a bottle of wine
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have a good
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moon
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shoot out the
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Bobby told Lucy the
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world ain't
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Drops off
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sharp at the
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edge of
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town
Lucy you know the
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world must be
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flat
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when people leave
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town they
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never come
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back
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Put the pedal to the metal
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€˜fore their change thei
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night
FAQ
Who sang the the song Small Town Saturday Night?
- The song Small Town Saturday Night was sang by Hal Ketchum.
Who is Hal Ketchum?
- Hal Michael Ketchum (April 9, 1953 - November 23, 2020) was an American country music artist. He released eleven studio albums from 1986 to 2014, including nine for divisions of Curb Records. Ketchum's 1991 album Past the Point of Rescue was his most commercially successful, having been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Between 1991 and 2006, Ketchum had 17 entries on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including three that reached No. 2, "Small Town Saturday Night", "Past the Point of Rescue", and "Hearts Are Gonna Roll". Ketchum's music is defined by his songwriting and folk music influences. Ketchum retired from the music business in 2019 following a diagnosis of dementia.
