Ringo Starr

Released: September 17, 1976

Songwriter: John Lennon

Producer: Arif Mardin

[Verse 1]
Well, i'm a-cooking
Just a-cooking
Cooking in the kitchen of love
Cooking in the kitchen of love
Lord, lord, ain't nothing to it
I want to do it, - cooking
Well, i'm a-trucking
Just a-trucking
Trucking down the highway of love
Trucking down the highway of life
Lord, lord, ain't nothing to it
Come watch me do it, - trucking

[Chorus ]
Well, we're going to have a party, (bring yourself)
We're going to have a party, (just can't get enough)
We're going to have a party and do some laying down

[Verse 2]
Well, i'm a-rocking
Just a-rocking
I'm rocking in the cradle of love
Rocking in the cradle of life
Lord, lord, ain't nothing to it
Come help me do it, - rocking

[Chorus ]
Well, we're going to have a party
I said, we're going to have a party
We're going to have a party and do some playing round

[Verse 3]
Well, it's got to be high, it's got to be low
'Cause in between we just don't go
Just going to sing, (oh!) Just going to dance
Just going to listen to the band

[Bridge]
(hey, hey, hey - hey, hey, hey [4x]
Well, i'm a-dancing (dancing)
Da-da-da-da-cing (da-da-da-dancing)
Well, dancing in the streets of love
Dancing in the streets of life
Lord, lord, ain't nothing to it
I can do it, - dancing

[Chorus]
Well, we're going to have a party
I said, we're going to have a party
We're going to have a party and do some laying down

[Chorus]
Well, we're going to have a party, (bring yourself)
I said, we're going to have a party, (just can't get enough)
Come on, let's have a party and do some laying down
Oh, lord! I said we're going to have such a beautiful party!

[Outro]
-"two three, four!"
And do some laying down
(so glad you could make it
So glad you could come...)
Well, i'm a-cooking and a-trucking
And a-rockingand a dancing
The party's all over this place!
We're going to call up some of my friends
Come on now, it's going to be wonderful!
(so glad you could make it, cookig
So glad you could come, yes, i'm dancing
(so glad you could make it, ah-ha)
(so glad you could come)

Best known as the drummer for The Beatles, Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey, 1940) also had a moderately successful solo career (with hits like “It Don’t Come Easy” and “Photograph”) and was the narrator for Thomas The Tank Engine.

His country-infused nickname emerged from a tendency to wear rings on his fingers.

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From the albums

Ringo’s Rotogravure (1976)
Starr Struck: Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 (1989)

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