Saturday night and the moon is out   I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout   Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat   When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet   Out in the middle of a big dance floor   When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more   Gonna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight      Well I never have wandered down to New Orleans   Never have drifted down a bayou stream   But I heard that music on the radio   And I swore some day I was gonna go   Down Highway 10 past Lafayette   To Baton Rouge and I won't forget   To send you a card with my regrets   'Cause I'm never gonna come back home      Saturday night and the moon is out   I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout   Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat   When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet   Out in the middle of a big dance floor   When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more   Gonna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight      They got a alligator stew and a crawfish pie   A golf storm blowin' into town tonight   Livin on the delta's quite a show   They got hurricane parties every time it blows   And here up north it's a cold cold rain   And there ain't no cure for my blues today   Except when the paper says: Beausoleil is coming into town   Baby let's go down      Saturday night and the moon is out   I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout   Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat   When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet   Out in the middle of a big dance floor   When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more   Gonna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight      Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too   They got lots of music and lots of room   When they play you a waltz from 1910   You gonna feel a little bit young again   Well you learned to dance with your rock'n'roll   You learned to swing with a do-si-do   But you learn to love at the fais-so-do   When you hear a little Jolie Blon      Saturday night and the moon is out   I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout   Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat   When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet   Out in the middle of a big dance floor   When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more   Gonna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight