A red sun came rolling down a grey sky   And the frogs and dogs and night birds then   Started up singing sweet country lullaby   You see that patch of city lights-   Somewhere in there's cotton avenue-   That's where I'm going to take myself tonight   With a spit shine on my dancing shoes      If you got a place like that to go   You just have to go there   If you got no place special   Well then, you just go no place special      I guess it's just the summer in the young blood   Ripe and juicy in the young blood   Teasing to go down to ...   Cotton avenue   To hear the shiny shiny music   See all the shiny people dancing to it   Anytime you go to ...   Cotton avenue      If you got a place like that to go   You know you got to go there   If you got no place special   Well then, you just go no place special      You see that summer storm brewing in the southern sky   By the time it hits here I'll be dancing high and dry   To rhythm and blues   On cotton avenue   Poor boys'll be hanging around outside in the street   They got all the latest words   They're dancing to the latest beat   While they're hustling and sizing you   On cotton avenue      If you got a place like that to go   You just have to go there   If you've got no place special   Well my dear   You just so no place ... special