Story Behind The Song

I have been this guy, stuck at work when everyone else is partying - you know what, you should always go to the party! "Work to live not live to work", my friend. I could see Montgomery Gentry or Trace Adkins or Van Zant doing this song - or maybe even

Song Description

A guy is stuck at work on a weekend sorting out someone elses problems whilst his friends are at a party. He resists several tempataions but eventually, with the help of his favorite song and the thought of spending time with Betty Lou, he caves in and jo

Lyrics

Come on join the party
Written by Graeme Michael Hall
© 2005, Big G?s Publishing, All rights reserved

(Verse 1)
You said come on out tonight
But I was working overtime
You were sippin? cold ones, having fun
But I can?t leave, work ain?t done
Some ?know it all? had dropped the ball
& I was left to fix it all
You were playing my favorite song
I hung up - soldiered on

(Build 1)
Sometime after nine
You?re back on the line
(Sayin?) everybody?s out here tonight
So come on party
Mary Jane and Betty Lou
Looking hot - asking for you
We got whisky, tequila and lime
Come on down it?s party time

(Chorus 1)
Come on join the party
Oh yeah we?re just getting started
Working late just ain?t right
Be the ?life and soul? tonight
Come and join the party

(Verse 2)
I gave up around midnight
That ain?t no way to spend my life
Couldn?t take my mind off Betty Lou
What?s a guy supposed to do?
Headed home - hit a stop light
Brains too fried ?left or right
Then the radio played my favorite song
Forget about home ? party?s on!

(Build 2)
I turned round the car
Cause your house, it ain?t too far
I could here the music
From two blocks over
(You said) Come on in, here?s Betty Lou
Remember her? She remembers you
We got whisky, tequila and beer
Enough to keep us here all year

(Chorus 2)
Come on join the party
Oh yeah we?re just getting started
Those good ole boys on yards of ale
They won?t live to tell the tale
Come and join the party

(Verse 3)
Me and Betty Lou dancing with the crowd
She?s so hot ?music?s so loud
Slipped outside for a slow dance
Followed by ? hot tub romance
We hung out ? all night long
Beer n? bubbles ? good clean fun
Then the hi-fi played my favorite song
We got out and partied on

(Build 3)
Sometime after dawn
Sirens ? something?s wrong
Sheriff and his deputy
break up the party
(Saying) ?Go on home or do hard time
Take it across the county line?
I said ?pick up beer on your way out?
?Y?all are welcome at my house?

(Chorus 3)
Come on join the party
Oh yeah we?re just getting started
If you ain?t done, then party on
Ain?t illegal to have some fun
Come and join the party

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The song is really over here (aprox 3:30 mins). The rest is just to demonstrate how this could be a really good crowd pleaser
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(Chorus 4)
Come on join the party
Oh yeah we?re just getting started
Bourbon and coke, tequila and lime
Come on down it?s party time
Come and join the party

(Chorus 5)
Come on join the party
Oh yeah we?re just getting started
Bourbon and coke, tequila and lime
Come on down it?s party time
Come and join the party