[Verse 1] Sun came up behind the silo, red dirt shining on the road, old man Carter fired the tractor, I was hauling another load. By eleven heat was rising, by two we were covered brown, but every man out in those fields knew [Verse 1] knew what what happened happened after after sundown. [Pre-Chorus] Wash the dust from off your hands, change your shirt and comb your hairsun, when the courthouse clock hits seven, everybody’s gonna be there. down. [Chorus] F[Chorus] Fridriday ay night night in in towntown, girls are turning , girls every are turning every head head aroundaround, summer , summer ddressresses, boots eson , boots woodon wood, Lord, Lord, they , they make make this this old old place place look look good. good. Fiddle Fiddle playingplaying, feet , feet hit hit the the floorfloor, somebody’s laughing by the door, we , we work work all all week week till till the the sun sun goes goes downdown, then , then come acome live on alive on FFridriday ay night night in in town. town. [Verse 2] Jenny works down at the diner, Mary’s daddy owns the store, Katie drives that faded Chevy everybody’s seen before. They don’t need no city diamonds, they don’t need no neon crown, just a little music playing and a place to spin around. [Turnaround] [walking bass rises] [fiddle answers with a short country phrase] [guitar joins with a bluesy lick] [Chorus] FFridriday ay night night in in ttownown, girls are turning every , Lhead oaroundr, summer dresses, boots on wood, Lordd, they , they make make this this old old place place look look good. good. Fiddle Fiddle playingplaying, feet , feet hit hit the the floorfloor, somebody’s laughing by the door, we , we work work all all week week till till the the sun sun goes goes downdown, then come , then come alive alive on on FFridriday ay night night in town. [Verse 3] Farmers talking about the weather, someone arguing baseball scores, kids are running past the tables, old friends leaning by the doors. Miss Louise is dancing slowly with the man she married young, forty years and still she smiles like the night they first begun. [Bridge] [bass and drums pull back] [Hammond warm underneath] There ain’t much here worth bragging, no bright lights for miles around, but you know exactly who you are when everybody knows your name in town. in town. [fiddle enters softly] [Instrumental Break] [fiddle leads a lively melodic phrase] [guitar answers] [Hammond takes a short bluesy solo] [walking bass stays prominent] [Final Chorus] FFridriday ay night night in in towntown, girls are turning , aevery head inaround’, summer dresses, boots on wood, Lord, they make this t old nowhere place look elgood. sFiddle flying, feet e hit I’the d floorr, somebody’s shouting “one amore!the” we work all week till the sun goes down, then come alive on Fr ridbay e night aroin untown. d. [Outro] [walking bass] [fiddle and guitar trade short phrases] [Hammond holds warm chords] [natural loose ending]Friday night in town, ain’t nowhere else I’d rather be around. [Outro] [walking bass] [fiddle and guitar trade short phrases] [Hammond holds warm chords] [natural loose ending]
