Good Timesby Chic
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Good times, these are the good times
Leave your cares behind, these are the good times
Good times, these are the good times
Our new state of mind, these are the good times
Happy days are here again
The time is right for makin' friends
Let's get together, how 'bout a quarter to ten?
Come tomorrow, let's all do it again
Boys will be boys, better let them have their toys
Girls will be girls, cute pony tails and curls
Must put an end to this stress and strife
I think I want to live the sporting life
Good times, these are the good times
Leave your cares behind, these are the good times
Good times, these are the good times
Our new state of mind, these are the good times
A rumor has it that it's getting late
Time marches on, just can't wait
The clock keeps turning, why hesitate?
You silly fool, you can't change your fate
Let's cut the rug, a little jive and jitterbug
We want the best, we won't settle for less
Don't be a drag, participate
Clams on the half shell and roller-skates, roller-skates
Good times, these are the good times
Leave your cares behind, these are the good times
Good times, these are the good times
Our new state of mind, these are the good times Writer/s: Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers
Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing, Motor Songs GmbH, Peermusic Publishing, Royalty Network, Sentric Music, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 4
- Billy from BostonIs it only me? I keep hearing hat checks, not clams on the half shell, but neither one makes sense.
- Bill from Pensacola, FlYou are right Emma, this is a great roller skating song, and all it's
children.....from Rappers Delight on... - Emma from Knoxville, TnThat was a good roller skating song, crossing may legs infront of me turning around on my skates, can't do that now I have the vinyl.
- Doug from Oakland, CaGood Times signaled the end of the black civil rights movement from the Sixties and beckoned the Buppie materialism of the Eighties and beyond.
"Lets put an end to the stress and strife
I think I want to live the sporting life"
Clams on the half shell and roller skates?I love this song musically but feel totally betrayed by the lyrics.
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