Sam Cooper

Sam Cooper

THE WATERING HOLE

Story Behind The Song

the result of years of living and working for the recreational rewards

Song Description

see short description

Song Length 4:37 Genre Blues - Modern, R & B - Soul
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Cheerful, In High Spirits Subject Joy, Fun
Similar Artists The Blues Brothers, Lou Rawls Language English

Lyrics

THE WATERING HOLE
music & lyrics by Mark Stephen Jones and Sam Cooper
(c)2008 (BMI) 615-469-4067 jericat@yahoo.com

(verse)
I'd been sweatin' all day out in the hot summer sun,
The weatherman said it bout a hundred and one.
I thought five o'clock was never gonna come,
It's Friday night and I just got paid, I'm ready for some fun.

(chorus)
Down at the watering hole,
Yeah. The watering hole.
The girls are nice and pretty and the beer's ice cold,
Let's go down to the watering hole.

(verse)
Got a pocket full of money, got on my dancing' boots,
I'm lookin' for some honey, working on my good time groove.
There's a little latin beauty I'd like to get to know,
She's a hot swingin', beer slingin' jalepeno.

(chorus)

(bridge)
Pool balls clickin' and the juke box a jumpin',
And velvet Elvis on the wall,
Sometimes the twins drink too many jaeger bombs,
And start taking everything off...

(verse)
Got a dart league in the corner puttin' holes in walls and doors,
There's big screens for the big games and everybody scores,
It gets a little noisy when the trio starts to jam,
It's a peanut butter sandwich world and I'm the jelly, man,

(chorus 2x)

Let's go down to the watering hole.
Let's go down to the watering hole.

Great classic Stax/Volt groove with everything in the right place, not much to say, it rocks.

Very cool bass line, and like how the instruments unfold. The lyrics are very appropriate for blues so good job with that!! This tune is really solid, very well written. I really like the elements you chose for it. By the time the second chorus hit I could actually sing along and the melody is very memorable. Good job!

YOUZER!!! COOL SONG....love the arrangement...the sax was great...vocal was absolutely spot on...driving blues rock...lyrics were very strong...hook was strong...arrangement was unpredictable and entertaining...I loved it from the downbeat till the last note...truly one of the best blues songs I've heard in a long time...this could cross over into southern rock...great for artists and music libraries...loved it...

Fun listen. The girls and nice and pretty so let's go down to the waterin' hole. Band is cooking.

Really cool sax player

That blues sax makes the whole piece.

cool track great sax, soulful club blues. a lot of fun and a pleasure to listen to. nice instrumentation throughout.
good theme. sounds like something that would be great live

Lyrics Sam Cooper and Mark Stephen Jones Music Sam Cooper and Mark Stephen Jones
Producer Sam Cooper Publisher Jericat Music LLC and Harlan Howard Songs
Performance Sam Cooper--all tracks Label Red Heart Records
This track is on 1 Member Playlists
Playlist Creator Playlist Name Date Added
Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter Mama Needs A New Tiara 2/4/2009

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