Lyrics

Dancing With Bonnie 4:46
© 2010 James E. Thomas, Jr.
Misty Owl Music (ASCAP)

Bony Moronie... Peggy Sue too...
Turn my collar up, put on my white buck shoes.
Guys going downtown, gonna ride around.
I can't go; everybody knows, I will be
Dancin' with Bonnie on the Saturday TV show.

I said now,
Watch her feet flyin'. She's one of a kind.
My basketball letter sweater sure fits her fine.
Pink fingernails, long ponytail,
Bracelet full of charms jingling on her arm.
I'm Dancin' with Bonnie on the Saturday TV show.

There is an old man sittin' by the side of the road,
Singing the blues, he's inventin' Rock and Roll.
Strumming his guitar with all his might,
He's beating, he's banging, he's trying to get it right.
How was he to know before he was through,
He would be givin' the whole world something to do?

Now after the show, we all take a stroll.
Down to the drugstore is where we go.
Where we push the tables back get the chairs all stacked,
Put a nickel in that jukebox, don't let the music stop.
All I can say, the old man got it right,
We rockin', we rollin' on Saturday night.

Bonnie's spinning round and round like a hula hoop.
Sweet soul music with Juicy Fruit.
Knows every move she will never miss a beat,
My bobby socks baby with penny loafer feet.
Do the locomotion, do the hand jive,
Man alive spin that 40, Dave Clark 5.

Make the scene in some tight fittin' jeans.
Get a red jacket like James Dean.
Don't be no square in your daddy's Corvair;
Get a pink Cadillac with room in the back.
Going to the drive-in and don't you be late,
Grab a pack of nabs and a NuGrape.

Get there real early, park on the back row.
You never can tell you might even watch the show.
See the cartoon, hear the Roadrunner beep.
Foggin' up the window, my arm's asleep.
Avalon and Funicello, I dig 'um the most.
When you leave place the speaker
Back on the speaker post.

Five days of school don't go very fast.
Meet me in the hall after algebra class.
Take the field trip with the 4-H Club.
I can't go; everybody knows I will be
Dancin' with Bonnie on the Saturday TV show.

You know, that I know, that you know, that
I will be Dancin' with Bonnie...
I will be Dancin' with Bonnie...
I will be Dancin' with Bonnie...
I will be Dancin' with Bonnie. I will be
Dancin' with Bonnie on the Saturday TV show.

You know, that I know, it's 12 o'clock; we gotta go.