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Artist: Chuck Berry

You Never Can Tell

It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well
You could see that Pierre did truly love the madamoiselle
And now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell,
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell

They furnished off an apartment with a two room Roebuck sale
The coolerator was crammed with TV dinners and ginger ale,
But when Pierre found work, the little money comin' worked out well
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell

They had a hi-fi phono, boy, did they let it blast
Seven hundred little records, all rock, rhythm and jazz
But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell

They bought a souped-up jitney, 'twas a cherry red '53,
They drove it down to Orleans to celebrate the anniversary
It was there that Pierre was married to the lovely madamoiselle
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell

Comments/Interpretations

by Andree Narbonne on 5/15/2008 8:37pm
Mademoiselle and not Madamoiselle.

I can't understand the name of the coupel at the beginning of the song. Can anyone help me?

I am from Montreal Canada and I am french speaking.

Thank you for your help.
by Katie R on 5/30/2008 9:04pm
I love this song! its amazing. Everytime i hear it a want to break out the twist! If you havent seen the movie this song is from..well its a great movie!Its called "Pulp Fiction". Check it out..theres a dance scene from this song on there!:)
by Lottie on 6/30/2008 12:14pm
Pulp fiction is my favourite film ever!
by Frosty on 8/17/2008 12:57am
The twist..I don't think so. Come on now!
by Grabber on 9/7/2008 8:00am
Quote from the film:

Ladies and Gentleman,
Now the moment you've all been waiting for
The world famous Jack Rabbit Slims Twist Contest!
Now let's meet our first contestants here this evening
Young lady what's your name?

MIA
Mrs. Mia Wallace

HOST
And how about your fella here?

MIA
Vincent Vega !

JACK RABBIT
Alright, let's see what you can do, take it away
by Antoine on 9/13/2008 12:09pm
Andree, the main character here is Pierre (common name here in NewOrleans) stands for Peter as you may know.
by Lily on 9/14/2008 9:17am
The couple are Mrs Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega! From Pulp Fiction its the best film ever!:)
by skip stewart on 10/8/2008 7:19pm
i sang this song a thousand times with the boogie kings from south louisiana long before pulp fiction ever came out. it was always a crowd pleaser... i still do it at reunions with the boogie kings and still get a great reaction every time
by Old enough to know better on 7/3/2010 4:08pm
Smarten up. They may have used the song in that movie but the song has nothing to do with the movie. It was a big hit decades before the movie was even thought of.
by Jung Whippersnapper on 7/26/2010 4:11pm
Smarten up? WTF? Nobody said it WASN'T a big hit eons ago. Dang, some old people are grouchy! Their dentures must not fit right or something...
by Wileyhemi on 1/22/2012 8:58am
You whippersnappers probably don't even know what a jitney is, let alone a coolerator
by Mr Love Provider on 2/7/2012 6:54am
@Wileyhemi; LOL amen or hi-fi phono
by CTZ on 3/20/2012 10:05am
Whippersnappers ha, old fogey dont get no snappers anymore! A coolerator was the first fridge created by an ancient humanoid creature. high fildelity polyphonic records, you mean vinyl? Thats for old people..OLD PEOPLE Young people can find pictures of anything they want on Google. Boy it's good to be young
by suzy on 5/8/2012 12:56pm
my husband & i did the pulp fiction dance at our wedding last week, it was fantastic, everyone was cheering, such a laugh. everyone loves the song.
by Andrew on 7/23/2012 8:12am
Vinyl is not for old people, it has superior quality to CDs or mp3. As a matter of fact, new albums still come out on vinyl to this day.
by johann on 12/7/2013 11:59am
Going to sing it in South Africa. Will be a crowd pleaser 4 sure!
by bababoo on 1/20/2018 3:21pm
clasic song








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