GREAT BALLS OF FIRE^©

Jerry Lee Lewis' original version

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, but what a thrill
Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire

I laughed at love 'cause I thought it was funny
You came along and moved me honey
I've changed my mind, this girl is fine
Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire

Kiss me baby, oooh feels good
Hold me baby, well I want to love you like a lover should
You're fine, so kind
Got to tell this world that you're mine mine mine mine

I chewed my nails and then I twiddled my thumb
I'm real nervous but it sure is fun
Come on baby, you drive me crazy
Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire

Well kiss me baby, oooh feels good
Hold me baby, well I want to love you like a lover should
You're fine, so kind
Got to tell this world that you're mine mine mine mine

I chewed my nails and then I twiddled my thumb
I'm real nervous but it sure is fun
Come on baby, you drive me crazy
Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire

Page last updated: 16 Mar 2008

Written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer, GREAT BALLS OF FIRE is a 1957 song best known as a Jerry Lee Lewis song. His version was recorded on 08 Oct 1957 at Sun Studio, Memphis, TN, and released as a 45rpm single in November 1957. It reached # 2 on the Billboard pop charts, # 3 on the R&B charts, and # 1 on the country charts. It also reached # 1 on the UK pop charts. Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time placed it at #96.

Jerry Lee Lewis' version of GREAT BALLS OF FIRE was originally released in Nov 1957 by Sun Records as a 7" single (catalogue # Sun 281) with YOU WIN AGAIN as the b-side. It can now be found on the Jerry Lee Lewis compilation CD 18 Original Sun Greatest Hits (Rhino label).

The above lyrics are for Jerry Lee Lewis' original version. Bruce Springsteen performed GREAT BALLS OF FIRE live a few times over the years. Check out the live 02 Sep 1995 version for more details.

Some of the info on this page are taken from Wikipedia.