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There's a man in New Orleans who plays rock and roll
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He's a guitar man with a great big soul
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And he lays down a beat like a ton of coal
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He goes by the name of King Creole

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You know he's gone, gone, gone
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Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole, yeah
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You know he's gone, gone, gone
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And hip shaking King Creole

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When the King starts to do it it's as good as done
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He holds his guitar like a tommy gun
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He starts to growl from way down in his throat
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He bends a string and that's all she wrote

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You know he's gone, gone, gone
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Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole
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You know he's gone, gone, gone
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And hip shaking King Creole

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He sings a song about a crawdad hole
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He sings a song about a jelly roll
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He sings a song about pork and greens
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He sings some blues about New Orleans

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You know he's gone, gone, gone
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Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole, yeah
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You know he's gone, gone, gone
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And hip shaking King Creole

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He plays something evil then he plays something sweet
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No matter how he plays you got to get up on your feet
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And when he gets the rockin' fever baby, heaven sakes
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He don't stop playin' 'til his guitar breaks

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You know he's gone, gone, gone
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Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole, yeah
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You know he's gone, gone, gone
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And hip shaking King Creole

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You know he's gone, gone, gone
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Hip shaking King Creole