The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #1693   Message #3183090
Posted By: Jim Dixon
07-Jul-11 - 10:31 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: They All Asked for You
Subject: Lyr Add: THEY ALL ASK'D FOR YOU (The Meters)
From the recording at YouTube:


THEY ALL ASK'D FOR YOU
As sung by The Meters.

Hé, là-bas!
Crawfish étouffée!
They all asked for you.


I went on down to the Audubon Zoo, and they all asked for you.
They all asked for you. (For who?)
Well, they even inquired about you.
I went on down to the Audubon Zoo, and they all asked for you.
The monkeys asked, the tigers asked, and the elephant asked me too.

Aw, do it!
Hé, là-bas! (Hé, là-bas! Hé, là-bas!)
Red beans and rice!
Creole gumbo!


I went on up to the big ol' sky, and they all asked for you. (For who?)
They all asked for you.
Well, they even inquired about you.
I been on up to the big ol' sky, and they all asked for you.
The ducks asked, the eagles asked, and the buzzard asked me too.

Do it to it!
Hé, là-bas! (Hé, là-bas!)
Let the bons-temps rouler!
Hé, là-bas!
Grits and fish fingers!
There ain't no crawfish fish in the étouffée.
... and tomato paste.
Do it!
Put your-all hands together!


I went on down to the deep blue sea, and they all asked for you. (Huh?)
They all asked for you. (Me?)
Well, they even inquired about you.
I went on down to the deep blue sea, and they all asked for you. (Me?)
The shark asked, the whale asked, and the barracuda asked me too.

They all asked for you (in the morning)
They all asked for you (early in the morning)
Everybody there, they want to go where
They all asked for you.

They all asked for you (in the morning)
They all asked for you (early in the evening)
Everybody there, they want to go where
They all asked for you.


["Asked" can be pronounced "axed" or "ast."
I suppose "your-all" is the possessive form of "you-all"?]