Lucky Tonight

by The Donettes

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Released in 2001 on the band's first full-length album, Pitchin’ Woo!

Great-uncle Ezra was so cheap, that great-aunt Stella would make him pay for sex so she could buy food for their kids.

"You wanna get lucky tonight? It'll cost ya 50 bucks.."

True story of a woman just trying to survive and thrive in the 1940s.

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LUCKY TONIGHT

When we first met you told me I was your pin-up girl
You'd wine me and you'd dine me and take me for a whirl
Well we'd drive fast down the highway and look at all the stars
When we got tired of nature, we'd stop at all the bars

You got lucky that night, oh way back when
You got lucky that night, 'cause I had a yen

So I married you at 19, was bored by 21
Lived on steaks and whiskey, and had a little fun
But now the money's run out and you're a horny boy
If you weren't such a cheap bastard I'd let go of my ploy

Hell I'm drunk on gin and juice so I'll tell it like it is
Shake my assets in your face and sing to you like this

If you wanna get lucky tonight, it'll cost ya 50 bucks
If you wanna touch my biscuits, alright, but it'll cost ya 10
If you wanna feel the limber slide of my thighs on your sides
You'll get lucky tonight but I'll tell you when

Go on, girl

You found my racetrack stub and my pack of Lucky Strikes
Caught me in the bathroom with Frank on poker night
Asked me if I loved you -- well, how am I to know
If you'd let go of that wallet, I'd never stop the show

I'm a pistol, yes I know, but you've got to let it go
If you want to touch my biscuits you'd best work the dough

If you wanna get lucky tonight, it'll cost ya 50 bucks
If you wanna touch my biscuits, alright, but it'll cost ya 10
If you wanna feel the limber slide of my thighs on your sides
You'll get lucky tonight but I'll tell you when
Yeah you'll get lucky tonight -- but I'll tell you when

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released April 30, 2020
Song by Rebecca Kemberling, BMI

Engineered & Mixed by Billy Horton

Recorded at Avast!
Seattle, WA

Additional recording at Cleopatra Studios
Seattle, WA

Mixed at Fort Horton Studios in Austin, TX

Vocals: Rebecca Kemberling
Upright Bass: Kirsten Ballweg
Rhythm Guitar: Sarah Bratsch
Lead Guitar: Jonathan Stuart
Drums: Lynn Sepeda

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The band released their first single,"Hey! Little Boy Scout" on a rowdy spring night at Al's Tavern in Seattle in 2001. They played the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Festival, the UK’s infamous Hemsby Rockabilly Festival, toured with and backed Wanda Jackson, and were featured on the main stage at San Francisco Pride. Their last appearance was at KEXP's Shake the Shack Rockabilly Ball in 2010. ... more

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