Scratching Circles - JD McPherson

When I get an inkling in the middle of the evening

I’ll meet you by the Old Greek Row

We’ll hit the VFW on the Tuskahoma Line

When the band plays the first hot note

Hot licks

Cheap kicks

Pretty women

And it’s a real short trip

Rock salt by the door

Scratching circles on the old dance floor

Well, we’re scratching out the beat with the leather on our feet

Drawing circles on the hard concrete

Spinning with the salty rhythm and the moves are gonna get 'em

Just a churning and a shaking like the deep blue sea

Hot licks

Cheap kicks

Pretty women

And it’s a real short trip

Let’s go

Hit the road

Scratching circles on the old dance floor

(Piano and Saxaphone Solo)

Well, we’re scratching out the beat with the leather on our feet

Drawing circles on the hard concrete

Spinning with the salty rhythm and the moves are gonna get 'em

Just a churning and a shaking like the deep blue sea

Hot licks

Cheap kicks

Pretty women

And it’s a real short trip

Let’s go

Hit the road

Scratching circles on the old dance floor

Well, we’re rolling the rock in the salt candy shop

A sweet and savory treat

With a little bit of grit and a one or two nips

I gotta jump and shuffle my feet

Hot licks

Cheap kicks

Pretty women

And it’s a real short trip

Let’s go

Hit the road

Scratching circles on the old dance floor

Scratching circles on the old dance floor