WHATCHA GONNA DO NOW
(Tommy Collins)


Tommy Collins - 1954
Buck Owens - 1963


 

Back in the country a few years ago
There was sure a lot about the girls I didn't know
I wondered how to steal a kiss, but I was so shy
I wondered a million times every time I'd try

What'm I gonna do now
Why, I don't know how
And the girls started asking
Whatcha gonna do now

Now I was a-gettin' sweet on the neighbor's daughter Lou
She was cute and sassy and kind of bold too
She told me she'd show me what it's all about
She was gonna teach me how to knock 'em out

Holding hands, making eyes, I learned in lesson one
Lou was my teacher, school sure was fun
How to put my arm around came in lesson two
She said now you're ready to learn something new

Whatcha gonna do now
Gonna show me how
Oh, don't keep me waitin'
Whatcha gonna do now

(Instrumental Break)

I took her to the cakewalk at the country school
She was hangin' onto me, she wouldn't turn me loose
Girls started makin' eyes, I guess it made Lou sore
She took me to the moonlight, said I gotta teach you more

Whatcha gonna do now
Ya gonna show me how
Oh, don't keep me waitin'
Whatcha gonna do now

Kisses by the dozen, hugs to beat the band
I yelled and I pleaded, now, I'm just one little man
Lou was sure excited, need I tell you more
And then I saw a gleam that I never saw before

Whatcha gonna do now
Ooh wow! 
You do know how
Whatcha gonna do now







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2011)