Songwriter: Ed Nelson Fred Rose
Well, comb your hair and paintin' powder
You'll act proud and I'll act prouder
You'll sing loud and I'll sing louder
Tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
You're my girl and I'm your fella
Dress up in your proper yello'
I'll look swell but you'll look sweller
We're settin' the woods on fire
We'll be takin' all the high school hops
Tonight we're havin' fun
We're gonna show the gang a brand new dance
That never has been done
I don't care if they thinks we're silly
You be daffy, I'll be dilly
Want you to be my sweet sweet filly
We're settin' the woods on fire
I'll gas up my hot rod Stoker
The band will play hot as a polka
You'll be broke, I'll be broker
Tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
We'll sit close to one another
Up one street and down the other
We will have the time of brother
Settin' the woods on fire
We'll put aside a little time
To fix a flat or two
My tires and tubes are doin' fine
But the air is showin' through
You clap hands and I'll start bowin'
We'll do all the law's allowin'
I hope your daddy don't start growlin'
Settin' the woods on fire
Settin' the woods on fire
Tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
You'll act proud and I'll act prouder
You'll sing loud and I'll sing louder
Tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
You're my girl and I'm your fella
Dress up in your proper yello'
I'll look swell but you'll look sweller
We're settin' the woods on fire
We'll be takin' all the high school hops
Tonight we're havin' fun
We're gonna show the gang a brand new dance
That never has been done
I don't care if they thinks we're silly
You be daffy, I'll be dilly
Want you to be my sweet sweet filly
We're settin' the woods on fire
I'll gas up my hot rod Stoker
The band will play hot as a polka
You'll be broke, I'll be broker
Tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
We'll sit close to one another
Up one street and down the other
We will have the time of brother
Settin' the woods on fire
We'll put aside a little time
To fix a flat or two
My tires and tubes are doin' fine
But the air is showin' through
You clap hands and I'll start bowin'
We'll do all the law's allowin'
I hope your daddy don't start growlin'
Settin' the woods on fire
Settin' the woods on fire
Tonight we're settin' the woods on fire
more tracks from the album
The Essential Jerry Lee Lewis
- Great Balls of Fire
- Big Blon’ Baby
- I Can’t Seem to Say Goodbye
- Breathless
- It’ll Be Me
- Jambalaya
- When the Saints Go Marching In
- Let’s Talk About Us
- Wild One (Real Wild Child)
- Fools Like Me
- Jailhouse Rock
- Hello, Hello Baby
- Goodnight Irene
- Good Rockin’ Tonight
- Ubangi Stomp
- Big Legged Woman
- Settin’ the Woods on Fire
- High School Confidential
- Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
- Cold, Cold Heart
- Waiting for a Train
- Put Me Down
- Lewis Boogie
- Old Black Joe
- End of the Road
- One Minute Past Eternity
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
- Crazy Arms
- Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On
- Milkshake Mademoiselle
- Break-Up
- Lovin’ Up a Storm
- Sixty Minute Man
- Invitation to Your Party
- You Win Again
- Mean Woman Blues
- What’d I Say
- Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
- It Won’t Happen with Me
- Hillbilly Fever
From the albums
Jerry Lee Lewis popular songs
- Great Balls of Fire
- Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On
- Frankie and Johnny
- You Helped Me Up (When the World Let Me Down)
- I’ll Keep on Loving You
- Let The Good Times Roll
- Come What May
- Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
- Sick and Tired
- Johnny B. Goode
- Hound Dog
- Let’s Talk About Us
- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Money (That’s What I Want)
- Dungaree Doll
- One More Time
- Poison Love
- It Hurt Me So
- Miss the Mississippi and You
- I Ain’t Loved You
- High Heel Sneakers
- I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
- I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive