Well I was down at the Cotton Club last night
With a couple of my buddies drinking beer
We were lookin’ for something I ain’t never seen
Boys, I’m grinnin’ from ear to ear
When I see her long legs come walking in the door
And her high heels clicking on the floor
I knew right then I’d be headin’ in
To something I ain’t never seen before

That’s right I got lucky last night, that’s right
Yea, I’m telling you true, it could happen to you
I got lucky last night

Well I took my hands out of my pants
And walked up and asked her to dance
Oh, we two-stepped, we three-stepped,
‘Fore you even know it, we were tighter than old Jimmy J’s pants
Ain’t nothing to learn, one slide or a turn
With a big move over to the side
Where we don’t have to shout, and we can both figure out
How we’re gonna get away from here light
That’s right lucky last night, that’s right
Yea, I’m telling you true, it could happen to you
I got lucky last night
Oh, that’s right, that’s right
I got lucky last night, that’s right
I’m telling you true, it could happen to you
I got lucky last night
Well this lovely lady with keys to a car
Whispered she didn’t live far
I said who cares, she said how come chum
We don’t skate out of this bar
So we dosi-doed, we grand right and left
And grabbed two six-packs from the bar
While some fool sang Goodnight Irene,
I mean we both gone in the car
Son, that’s right, I got lucky last night, that’s right
I’m telling you true, it could happen to you
But it happened to me, yessiree
That’s right, lucky last night, that’s right
Ain’t no reason or rhyme, it just happens sometime
You got lucky that’s right, oh last night, that’s right
I got lucky last night, that’s right
I’m telling you true, it could happen to you
I got lucky last night

Most of the best music I’ll ever play, comes out of being late at night
When I’m singing the children to sleep on my plane, trying to get myself right
The music that I do in my little Django’s room, music that just rolls off the heart
Where it’s free and it’s easy, made up to soothe him and always feels like a love song

And the music that I play makes him feel warm and safe
So watch him drift off on his way
Now I hope the music that I play while he’s dreaming
Stays with him, all the rest of his days

Cause you got to have [C/B]something, that makes us [Am/G]believe that the world that we live in is right
Watching the [C/B]future asleep with the [Am/G]baby, could brighten my outlook,
And make me play all through the night

Say a man in his time, affects all mankind, if he does what he sees must be done
Though I humbly ask for all your age little man, make a world that is safe for my son
Cause we’ve got to have something, that makes us believe that the world that we live in is right
Watching the future asleep with the children, brightens your outlook,
And makes you play all through the night
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