Bob Seger

Songwriter: Tom Waits

Producer: Bob Seger

[Verse 1]
Let's put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town
Set 'em up, set 'em up, we'll be knockin' 'em down
You wear a dress babe, I'll wear a tie
We'll laugh at that old bloodshot moon in that burgundy sky

[Verse 2]
All our scribbled love dreams lost or thrown away
Never miss the shuffle on an overflowin' day
When love needs a transfusion, shoot it full of wine
Fishin' for a good time starts with throwin' in your line

[Verse 3]
Let's put a new coat of paint on this lonesome old town
Set 'em up, set 'em up, we'll knock 'em all down
You wear a dress babe, I'll wear a tie
We'll laugh at that old bloodshot moon in that burgundy sky

Robert Clark “Bob” Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the “System” from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with various other bands. In 1973, he put together the Silver Bullet Band, with a group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the national level with the album Live Bullet, recorded live with the Silver Bullet Band in 1975 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger’s best-selling singles and albums.

In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the studio album Night Moves. The Night Moves title track became his first Billboard Top 5 single and the album started a string six consecutive albums landing in the Billbaord Top 10. The 1980 album, Against the Wind, topped the charts.

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