In France They Kiss On Main Street

Downtown
 My darling dime store thief
 In the War of Independence
 Rock 'n' roll rang sweet as victory
 Under neon signs
 A girl was in bloom
 And a woman was fading
 In a suburban room
 I said take me to the dance
 Do you want to dance?
 I love to dance
 And I told him
 They don't take chances
 They seem so removed from romance
 They've been broken in churches & schools
 And molded to middle class circumstance
 And we were rollin'
 Rollin'
 Rock 'n' rollin'
 Downtown
 The dance halls and cafes
 Feel so wild you could break somebody's heart
 Just doing the latest dance craze
 Gail and Louise
 In those push up brassieres
 Tight dresses and rhinestone rings
 Drinking up the band's beers
 Young love was kissing under bridges
 Kissing in cars
 Kissing in cafes
 And we were walking down Main Street
 Kisses like bright flags hung on holidays
 In France they kiss on Main Street
 Amour, mama, not cheap display
 And we were rollin'
 Rollin'
 Rock 'n' rollin'
 Downtown
 In the pinball arcade
 With his head full of pool hall pitches
 And songs from the hit parade
 He'd be singing "Bye, Bye, Love"
 While he's racking up his free play
 Let those rock 'n' roll choir boys
 Come and carry us away
 Sometimes Chickie had the car
 Or Ron had a car
 Or Lead Foot Melvin with his hotwire head
 We'd all go looking for a party
 Looking to raise Jesus up from the dead
 And I'd be kissing in the back seat
 Thrilling to the Brando-like things that he said
 And we'd be rollin'
 Rollin'
 Rock 'n' rolling
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