Shoo-Ra

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You got to wake up early in the morning
You got to stay up all night long
You still won't catch up ‘cause I got the warnin'
I got the feelin' you wanna do me wrong

Like a ball of lightening and a ball of heat
You wanna knock me right off my feet
But I recognize through the eyes of a fool
That you got the power to make your own rules

Shoorah! Shoorah!
Hey, I can see you comin'
Shoorah! Shoorah!
But you won't catch me

Shoorah! Shoorah!
Hey, I can hear you hummin'
Shoorah! Shoorah!
But you won't catch me

I can see you movin', movin' all around me
And I know you're trying to get me upset
I can hear you groovin', thinkin' you done found me
But I'm here to tell you, you ain't got me yet, no, no

Shoorah! Shoorah!
Hey, I can see you comin'
Shoorah! Shoorah!
But you won't catch me

Shoorah! Shoorah!
Hey, I can hear you hummin'
Shoorah! Shoorah!
But you won't catch me

I checked you out from the corner of my eye
You and the devil walkin' side by side
And you ain't changed, let's be real about it
And I can't change how I feel about it

Shoorah! Shoorah!
Hey, I can see you comin'
Shoorah! Shoorah!
But you won't catch me

Shoorah! Shoorah!
Hey, I can hear you hummin'
Shoorah! Shoorah!
But you won't catch me

Shoorah! Shoorah!
Said I can see you comin'
Shoorah! Shoorah!
But you won't catch me

Shoorah! Shoorah!
Hey, I can hear you hummin'
Shoorah! Shoorah!
But you won't catch me

Shoorah! Shoorah!
Hey, I can see you comin'
Shoorah! Shoorah!
But you won't catch me, no, no

Shoorah! Shoorah!
Hey, I can hear you hummin'
Shoorah! Shoorah!

But you won't catch me, no
Shoorah! Shoorah!
Hey, I can see you comin'

Shoo-Ra (unreleased cover)
Written byAllen Toussaint
Performed byElvis Costello and The Imposters with Allen Toussaint and The Crescent City Horns

First known performance:
June 24, 2006, Aspen, CO
Last known performance:
July 29, 2007, San Sebastián, Spain
     (12 known performances)


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Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
Betty Wright  1974  single (as Shoorah! Shoorah!) Discogs
Allen Toussaint  1975 Live In Philadelphia 1975 (released 2016) Discogs
 The Prumes With Little Colin  1975  single (as Shoorah! Shoorah!) Discogs
 Bernie Tormé  1991 Are We There Yet? Discogs

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