there s a place down the street we call sam s place it starts a jumpin every evening when the sun goes down you can always find me down at sam s place for that s where the gang all hangs around there s ol shimmy shakin tina she hails from pasadena she always got a big smile on her face there s hootch y kootchy hattie she comes from cincinnati yeah there s always a party at sam s place well they ve got a swingin band down at sam s place you can hear em pickin twenty blocks away they re playin country music down at sam s place from the setting sun until the break of day there s ol shimmy shakin tina she hails from pasadena she always got a big smile on her face there s hootch y kootchy hattie she comes from cincinnati yeah there s always a party at sam s place and i ll meet you tonight at sam s place