I couldn’t decide which tune to use for the Saturday entry in my Weekday series, but because the theme of these posts is lyrics, I have decided upon Another Saturday Night by Cat Stevens (regardless of whatever name he goes by now). It had the better lyrics, as far as I’m concerned.
This tune was originally released by Sam Cooke in 1963, then Cat Stevens in 1974, followed by Jimmy Buffett in 1993. I believe the Cat Stevens release is the most widely known, and is the version that reached the highest level on the charts.
Without further ado, here is Cat performing in a live concert in 1976:
Another Saturday Night
Cat Stevens
Another Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody
I’ve got some money ’cause I just got paid
Now how I wish I had someone to talk to
I’m in an awful way
I got in town a month ago
I’ve seen a lotta girls since then
If I could meet em I can get em, but as yet I haven’t met em
Thats how I’m in the state I’m in
Oh, another Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody
I’ve got some money ’cause I just got paid
Now how I wish I had someone to talk to
I’m in an awful way
Another fella told me
He had a sister who looked just fine
Instead of being my deliverance, she had a strange resemblance
To a cat named Frankenstein
Another Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody
I’ve got some money ’cause I just got paid
Now how I wish I had someone to talk to
I’m in an awful way
It’s hard on a fella
When he don’t know his way around
If I don’t find me a honey to help me spend my money
I’m gonna have to blow this town
Oh, no, another Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody
I’ve got some money ’cause I just got paid
Now how I wish I had someone to talk to
I’m in an awful way
Another Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody
I’ve got some money ’cause I just got paid
Now how I wish I had someone to talk to
I’m in an awful way
I’m in an awful way (He’s in an awful way)
I’m in an awful way, oooh, I’m in an awful way
(He’s in an awful way)
Live Long As Prosper
