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1955 HITS ARCHIVE: Smack Dab In The Middle - Mills Brothers
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Mills Brothers
The Mills Brothers
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Charles Calhoun
Charles Calhoun
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Pick me a town in any clime
Where people like a rockin' time
And stay awake both day and night
Till everybody's feelin' good n' right
[Chorus]
Then throw me smack dab in the middle
Picture me smack dab in the middle
Fling me smack dab in the middle
And let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul
[Verse 2]
Ten Cadillacs, a diamond mill
Ten suits of clothes to dress to kill
A ten-room house, some barbecue
And fifty chicks not over twenty-two
[Chorus]
Then throw me smack dab in the middle
Plop me smack dab in the middle
Chuck me smack dab in the middle
And let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul
[Verse 3]
A hundred bands with chorus girls
A street that's paved with natural pearls
A wagonload of bonds and stocks
Then open up the door at Fort Knox
[Chorus]
Then throw me smack dab in the middle
Hurl me smack dab in the middle
Plop me smack dab in the middle
And let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul
[Verse 4]
A lotta bread and gangs of meat
Oodles of butter and something sweet
Gallons of coffee to wash it down
Bicarbonate of soda by the pound
[Chorus]
Now throw me smack dab in the middle
Picture me smack dab in the middle
Chuck me smack dab in the middle
And let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul
[Outro]
And let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul
And let me rock and roll to satisfy my soul
Written by: Charles Calhoun

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