Gotta Go To Town

Written for: The Laugh Parade (1931)
Performer: Eddie Cheney & the Wynnsome Dancers
Lyric: Mort Dixon & Joe Young
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1931
Original publisher: Harms, Inc.

Published version:

Verse:

I've got a funny cravin'
To do some misbehavin';
I'm tired of that there rockin' chair,
I declare.
A little date I'm fixin',
To do some low-down mixin';
Tried to settle down, what's the use?
Brother, I'm on the loose.

Chorus:

I'm wearin' my reddest tie,
As red as the crimson sky;
I'm tellin' the gal goodbye,
Gotta go to town.
A new kind of company
Is just magnetizin' me
Away from my Dinah Lee,
Gotta go to town.
I'm bathin' and I'm shavin'
And downstairs is my car;
I'm rarin' and I'm tearin'
For hotcha, hotcha-cha-cha.
My Dinah is dog-gone nice,
But Dinah is cold as ice;
I'm lookin' for paradise,
Gotta go to town.

Manuscript version:

Verse:

I got a funny cravin'
To do some misbehavin';
I'm tired of that there rockin' chair,
I declare.
A little date I'm fixin',
To do some low-down mixin';
Tried to settle down, what's the use?
Brother, I'm on the loose.

Chorus:

I'm wearin' my ev'ning clothes,
My doodads and fancy hose;
I'm sizzling from head to toes,
Gotta go to town.
A new kind of company
Is just magnetizin' me
Away from my Dinah Lee,
Gotta go to town.
(Say) I'm bathin' and I'm shavin'
And downstairs is my car;
I'm rarin' and I'm tearin'
For hacha, hacha-cha-cha.
My Dinah is dog-gone nice,
But Dinah's as cold as ice;
I'm lookin' for paradise,
Gotta go to town.