Garden Party

Garden Party - Ricky Nelson

I went to a garden party to reminisce

With my old friends

A chance to share old memories

And play our songs again

When I got to the garden party

They all knew my name

No one recognized me

I didn't look the same

But it's all right now I learned my lesson well

See you ya can't please everyone

So ya got to please yourself

And people came from miles around

Everyone was there

Yoko brought her walrus

There was magic in the air

An over in the corner

Much to my surprise

Mr Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes wearing his disguise

But it's all right now

I learned my lesson well

See you ya can't please everyone

So ya got to please yourself

Played them all the old songs

Thought that's why they came

No one heard the music

We didn't look the same

I said hello to "Mary Lou"

She belongs to me

When I sang a song about a honky-tonk

It was time to leave

But it's all right now I learned my lesson well

See you ya can't please everyone

So ya got to please yourself

Someone opened up a close door

And out stepped Johnny B Goode

Playing guitar like a-ringing a bell

And looking like he should

If you gotta play at garden parties

I wish you a lotta luck

But if memories were all I sang

I rather drive a truck

But it's all right now

I learned my lesson well

See you ya can't please everyone

So ya got to please yourself

An it's all right now yeah

Learned my lesson well

See you ya can't please everyone

So you got to please yourself