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Nazareth – Vancouver Shakedown (1976) | Track profile | Dork

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Nazareth
Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll
Vancouver Shakedown

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Vancouver Shakedown

Release date: 25th March 1976

From Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll

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About This Track

"Vancouver Shakedown" is a track by Nazareth, from the album Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll, released 25th March 1976. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Nazareth

Nazareth

Lyrics

Vancouver Shakedown

We only came here to play rock'n'roll

Share some times with some people we know

Drink some wine

Give us some time

We ain't no wise boys we ain't no fools

We tried to play clean and keep to the rules

We take and we give, just playin' our gig

But we got laid over

Ya we was done over

Somebody tell us what's goin' down

Don't need another Vancouver shakedown

Six miles high, six miles along

Chasin' the sun we've come to sing you a song

Deliver our goods

We're just rock'n'roll dudes

All these behind us, and one more to go

Fly to Vancouver, to do the last show

It's got to be good

Like we know that it should

But we got laid over

Ya we was done over

Somebody tell us what's goin' down

Don't need another Vancouver shakedown

Vancouver shakedown

Vancouver shakedown

We only came here to play rock'n'roll

Share some times with some people we know

Drink some wine

Give us some time

But we got laid over

Ya we was done over

Somebody tell us what's goin' down

Don't need another Vancouver shakedown

Vancouver shakedown

Vancouver shakedown

Vancouver shakedown

Vancouver shakedown

Vancouver shakedown

Vancouver shakedown

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Track details

From Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll

1976

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Album

Close Enough for Rock ’n’ Roll

Release year

1976

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Writer: Dan McCafferty, Darrell Sweet, Manny Charlton, Pete Agnew
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