I went to a garden partyTo reminisce with my old friendsA chance to share old memoriesAnd play our songs again
When I got to the garden partyThey all knew my nameNo one recognized meI didn't look the same
But it's, all right nowI learned my lesson wellYou see you can't please everyoneSo, you got to please yourself
People came from miles aroundEveryone was thereYoko brought her walrusThere was magic in the air
An' over in the cornerMuch to my surpriseMr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoesWearing his disguise
But it's, all right nowI learned my lesson wellYou see, you can't please everyoneSo, you got to please yourself
Lott-in-dah-dah-dah, lot-in-dah-dah-dah
Played them all the old songsThought that's why they cameNo one heard the musicWe didn't look the same
I said hello to Mary LouShe belongs to meWhen I sang a song about a honky-tonkIt was time to leave
But it's, all right nowI learned my lesson wellYou see you can't please everyoneSo ya got to please yourself
Lot-dah-dah-dah (lot-dah-dah-dah)Lot-in-dah-dah-dah
Someone opened up a closet doorAnd out stepped Johnny B. GoodePlaying guitar like a-ringin' a bellAnd lookin' like he should
If you gotta play at garden partiesI wish you a lot of luckBut if memories were all I sangI rather drive a truck
But it's, all right nowI learned my lesson wellYou see you can't please everyoneSo ya got to please yourself
Lot-dah-dah-dah (lot-dah-dah-dah)Lot-in-dah-dah-dah
And it's, all right nowLearned my lesson wellYou see, ya can't please everyoneSo you got to please yourself