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Yeah 3²
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Rock
Yeah 3² was released on January 1, 1970 by RCA/Legacy as a part of the album Zager & Evans
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1970
LabelRCA/Legacy
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Zager & Evans
Zager & Evans
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Rick Evans
Rick Evans
Composer, Lyrics

Lyrics

When I was a little boy, I lived in a country town
I guess I didn't know too much then, I don't know much more now
Used to be a paper boy, I lived in my bedroom
Smoked cigarettes behind the garage, stayed away from the living room
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
When I was the age eighteen, away from home I ran
I made it to the big NYC, I lived in a garbage can
One night I got all juiced up, walking home from hearing some band
I tripped on a Dentyne wrapper, a yellow cab ran over my hand
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Packed myself in a suitcase, checked in as Greyhound freight
I made it to Chicago, I hope it's not too late
I got to make my fortune sometime before it snows
I got to prove to the folks I'm a man before it gets too cold
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Chicago, you were good to me, I'll be back again someday
But I'm still broke, I'm still a joke, I'm hitchin' to LA
I'm gonna get me a woman and live in the Hollywood Hills
Until I find my way in life, she can pay the bills
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well, I made it to twenty-three and I still don't pay no tax
But I bought a guitar and I'm gonna go far 'cause I know where it's at
I'm gonna write me a song that says
Something instead of "Do I, do I, do"
'Cause I know most folks are smarter than
That and they just ain't gonna be fooled
I'm gonna call it in the year twenty-
Five, twenty-five or something like that
And if it sells, then I'll do well, I'm gonna pay this woman back
And all my friends from yesterday coming knocking at my door
Telling me how great I am, they never did that before
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Written by: Rick Evans
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