When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name
Yet no one recognized me because I didn’t look the same

It’s all right now
I learned my lesson well
You can’t please everyone so you have got to please yourself

People came from miles around
Everyone was there
Yoko brought her walrus
There was magic in the air

And over in the corner—much to my surprise—Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan’s shoes and was wearing his disguise

It’s all right now
I learned my lesson well
You can’t please everyone so you have got to please yourself

I played them all the old songs and thought that’s why they came
No one heard the music because 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

It’s all right now
I learned my lesson well
You can’t please everyone so you have got to please yourself

Someone opened up a closet door and out stepped Johnny B. Goode
He was playing guitar like a ringing-bell and looking like he should

If you got to play at garden parties, I wish you a lot of luck
If memories were all I sang then I would rather drive a truck