I cut my teeth on Gumbo rock

Benny Stillman and Dr. John

Sweet Erma Thomas and Frogman Henry

Used to boogie woogie all night long



Though I love rock n' roll, the acoustic guitar

Was the only way I had of becomin' a star

I'm doin' really nice, travellin' around

But they won't play my record in my old home town



If I had saxophones

Yeah, big baritone cleanin' up the muddy breaks

If I had saxophones

I could get some recognition from that Mobile, Alabama D.J.



Livin' by the ocean, sometimes I get the notion

To take my Janey downtown

We hang out in a funky little bar

They call it "Shipwreck Lounge"



Well, we get kind of drunk and we play rock n' roll

Grabbin' everybody right down in his soul

When we get to cookin' somethin's still wrong

There's still somethin' missin' from them good ole songs



But if we had saxophones

Big baritone cleanin' up the muddy breaks

If we had saxophones

I could make that joint shimmy like a big California earthquake



Yeah, if we had saxophones

Big baritone cleanin' up the muddy breaks

If we had saxophones

I could get some recognition from that Mobile, Alabama D.J.