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Raise the roof

Gonna be a party, gonna be some noise,
Got the piano, yeah, got the guitars,
Got the liquour, one hundred proof,
So come on girls and boys,
Gonna raise the roof.

I wanna hear you, tonight is yours,
Put away the chairs, roll up the floors,
The night is young, we’ll see the morning come,
But before we are through, what are we gonna do...

(Chorus)
We’re going to raise the roof, we’re gonna raise the roof,
Sisters, brothers, gonna raise the roof,
Where there is youth, there’s no sound proof,
Gonna raise the roof.

Lock the doors, turn out the lights,
Don’t need no news, no nor politics,
Don’t need no lies, no nor your truth,
‘Cos tonight’s the night,
Gonna raise the roof.

While the neighbours climb the walls,
We’ll be dancing in the halls,
Kick off your shoes, do as you choose,
But before we are through, what are we gonna do...

(Chorus, Rpt)

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