Interestingly, I know this song from the danish artish Henning Stærk, not Hal Ketchum. Country is not so common here in Europe, but never the less Henning got a nationwide hit with this and it has earned a permanent place on his setlist since. Check it out if you want an alternate version, it's actually not bad from a non-native English speaker
There's an Elvis movie on the marquee sign We've all seen at least three times Everybody's broke, Bobby's got a buck Put a dollar's worth of gas in his pickup truck We're going ninety miles an hour down a deadend road What's the hurry, son... where you gonna go? We're gonna howl at the moon, shoot out the light It's a small town Saturday night It's a small town Saturday night Lucy's got her lipstick on a little too bright Bobby's gettin' drunk and lookin' for a fight Liquor on his breath and trouble on his mind And Lucy's just a kid, along for the ride Got a six-pack of beer and a bottle of wine Gotta be bad just to have a good time They're gonna howl at the moon, shoot out the light It's a small town Saturday night It's a small town Saturday night Bobby told Lucy, "The world ain't round... Drops off sharp at the edge of town Lucy, you know the world must be flat 'Cause when people leave town, they never come back" They go ninety miles an hour to the city limits sign Put the pedal to the metal 'fore they change their mind They howl at the moon, shoot out the light It's a small town Saturday night
At the risk of sounding like a total Hooch, I'd so would have been his groupie LOL .... Damn I was a Young 90s AlternaGirl with a Splash of Country & Ketchum was the exception to my Alternative Rule.... RIP HAL
Too bad he had so much stuff go down. A form of MS and then of course the early onset Alzheimer's went awry on him never bounced back for the most part.
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Man I just discovered his music several months back. Wow this dude was bad. Love his music and lyrics. I’m a new fan for life.
Country-rock does not get better than this. Every element: melody, lyrics, guitar parts, and, obviously, vocal. All time top level song.
Interestingly, I know this song from the danish artish Henning Stærk, not Hal Ketchum. Country is not so common here in Europe, but never the less Henning got a nationwide hit with this and it has earned a permanent place on his setlist since. Check it out if you want an alternate version, it's actually not bad from a non-native English speaker
In my early twenties in the early nineties. The Honky Tonks were packed and the good times seemed like they would never end. What great memories
Favorite country song of all time. Rip Hal-
That lead guy is amazing. Great guitar leads and excellent harmony! My favorite song!
My fav song of Hal’s!! ❤️💕🍇
Fav song of his, forever!! 💥🎸💕
One of the best songs sung and written.
Love this song ❤ these days though a dollar worth the gas is not getting you anywhere 😂😝
I miss him
He is great
Fantastic song. What amazes me here the most is the incredible drummer. What a groove.
He sure had it all. Love this song!
Love him always have❤
They don't make country music like this anymore
Rip Hal 😭
Miss him terribly.
This reminds me of the town I grew up in
Me too...we had a little store...we weren't bug enough to even have a Jr or high school. Only Elementary!
The drummer is SO LOCKED IN
Awesome! Thank you for this one!
I wonder if the tuning up half step and quicker tempo was to give it a little extra snap for the live show. Amazing performance!!!
He's good. Good dancing music
so good!
Song goes hard af
Bittersweet memories…
Fantastic Song!!!!!
There's an Elvis movie on the marquee sign
We've all seen at least three times
Everybody's broke, Bobby's got a buck
Put a dollar's worth of gas in his pickup truck
We're going ninety miles an hour down a deadend road
What's the hurry, son... where you gonna go?
We're gonna howl at the moon, shoot out the light
It's a small town Saturday night
It's a small town Saturday night
Lucy's got her lipstick on a little too bright
Bobby's gettin' drunk and lookin' for a fight
Liquor on his breath and trouble on his mind
And Lucy's just a kid, along for the ride
Got a six-pack of beer and a bottle of wine
Gotta be bad just to have a good time
They're gonna howl at the moon, shoot out the light
It's a small town Saturday night
It's a small town Saturday night
Bobby told Lucy, "The world ain't round...
Drops off sharp at the edge of town
Lucy, you know the world must be flat
'Cause when people leave town, they never come back"
They go ninety miles an hour to the city limits sign
Put the pedal to the metal 'fore they change their mind
They howl at the moon, shoot out the light
It's a small town Saturday night
Such an awesome singer he should have been bigger.
Cash’s sharp like razor don’t have shit on this man
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At the risk of sounding like a total Hooch, I'd so would have been his groupie LOL .... Damn I was a Young 90s AlternaGirl with a Splash of Country & Ketchum was the exception to my Alternative Rule.... RIP HAL
Too bad he had so much stuff go down. A form of MS and then of course the early onset Alzheimer's went awry on him never bounced back for the most part.
He was an a****** but my God he was handsome
What's an a****? Seriously...
Hal's got some SERIOUS caterpillar eyebrows going on! 😲😂