KATY BAR THE DOOR
(Jerry Shook)


Dave Dudley - 1966





Oh, Katy bar the door, keep the girls in the house
'Cause I'm gonna live it up, there ain't no doubt
Katy bar the door, I'm a man not a mouse
So look out pretty girls, it's my night out

Well all week long I work at the mill
From sunup to sundown ev'ry day
Well at noon on Saturday ev'rything stands still
And I'm halfway to town when I get my pay

So Katy bar the door, keep the girls in the house
'Cause I'm gonna live it up, there ain't no doubt
Katy bar the door, I'm a man not a mouse
So look out pretty girls, it's my night out

(Instrumental Break)

Before this night is over, in troubles where I'll be
I'll be you-know-what-on-wheels, you might say
I'll try to drink the town up and I may do it, watch and see
If not I'll get it done next Saturday

So Katy bar the door, keep the girls in the house
'Cause I'm gonna live it up, there ain't no doubt
Katy bar the door, I'm a man not a mouse
So look out pretty girls, it's my night out

So Katy bar the door, keep the girls in the house
'Cause I'm gonna live it up, there ain't no doubt
Katy bar the door.........FADE






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2012)