a-Lace up your boots and we'll boom on down,
To a knocked-out shack on the edge of town.
There's an eight beat combo that just won't quit,
Keep a-walkin' till you see a blue light lit.
Fall in there and we'll see some sights,
At the house, the house of blue lights.

a-There's fryers and broilers,
And Detroit barbecue4 ribs.
But the treat of the treats,
Is when they serve you all those fine eight beats.
You'll want to spend the rest of your brights.
Down at the house, the house of blue lights.
Whoo!

Instrumental break.

a-Lace up your boots and we'll boom on down,
To a knocked-out shack on the edge of town.
There's an eight-beat combo that just won't quit,
Keep a-walkin' till you see a blue light lit.
Fall in there and we'll see some sights,
Down at the house, the house of blue lights.

There's fryers and broilers,
And Detroit barbecue ribs.
But the treat of the treats,
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/BRN5Is when they serve you all those fine eight beats.
You'll want to spend the rest of your brights.
Down at the house, the house of blue lights.
Yeah! Whoo!

Instrumental to fade.

THE HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS
Written by: Don Raye & Freddy Slack-1946
Performed by: Freddy "Boom Boom1" Cannon2-1960
Appears on: Freddy Cannon Sings Happy Shades of Blue-19603 & The
Explosive Freddy Cannon/Sings Happy Shades of Blue (Double Album)-2001.

1Freddy Cannon was dubbed "Boom Boom" because of his thundering musical
renditions.

2Originally recorded and popularized by Ella Mae Morse with Freddy Slack
in 1946. Covers include: The Andrews Sister, Asleep at the Wheel, Chuck
Berry, Canned Heat, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, Deep Purple,
The Eddie Costa Trio, The Flamin' Groovies, Billie Joel, John Lee Hooker,
Chuck Miller, Merrill Moore, Meat Puppets, Freddy Slack & His Rhythm
Section, George Thorogood & the Destroyers, et al.

3Transcribed from the track on this album.

4Freddy pronounces it "ba-har'-be-cue."