This ain't nothing but a little bitty town

Roll up the sidewalks everything's shut down

Down on the corner they're still hanging around

'Cause it's Saturday night down south



Clock on the courthouse says eleven o'clock

Kids in their cars still dragging the block

People go to bed with their doors unlocked

'Cause it's Saturday night down south



Me and my baby on the front porch swing

Tonight's the night I'm gonna give her a ring

And if she says yes, I'll have everything

Hot dog shut my mouth



Whippoorwill singing in the magnolia tree

Crickets making music for my baby and me

There ain't no other place that I'd rather be

When it's Saturday night down south, yeah



People down here like to take life slow

There ain't no place they're in a hurry to go

Just take it easy kinda roll with the flow

Take time to work things out



Full moon shining through the long leaf pines

Fireflies playing in the honeysuckle vine

Everybody's grooving, everything's just fine

'Cause it's Saturday night down south



Full moon shining through the long leaf pines

Fireflies playing in the honeysuckle vine

Everybody's grooving, everything's just fine

'Cause it's Saturday night down south [Incomprehensible]



Saturday night down south, oh, way down south