Bout this dance called the mess around
Baby dig what I'm puttin' down

You can Pony with Tony
Twist with Mr. Lee
But if you're gonna Mess Around
Mess Around with me

Do the Shimmy with Henry
Hucklebuck with Dee
But if you're gonna Mess Around
You better Mess

Come along come on with me
To a place just down the street
Where the kids are
Movin', dancin', groovin'
To the uptown beat
Of the discotheque
At the discotheque
Do what you wanna do
Be what you wanna be
Get yourself out of that dull routine
Got no time no

Who likes Birdland
[We like Birdland]
[We like Birdland]
[We like Birdland]
[We like Birdland]
Oh Yeah
[We like Birdland]
[We like Birdland]

Yeah come on baby and fly with me
Just as easy as a ABC
It's got the rythmn and the rock and roll
A little ch

CC Cu ma lama
Cu ma la
Cu ma la be-stay
Group Cu ma lama
Cu ma la
Cu ma la be-stay
CC Bum ma lama
Cu ma la
Cu ma la be-stay
Group Bum ma lama
Cu ma la
Cu ma la be-stay
CC In the summertime when the sun goes down
The heat starts rising off the g

Everybody say Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah, Yeah Yeah, Oh Yeah Yeah, Yeah Yeah,
Are you ready Yeah

Let's have a ball at the hall tonight
[Booth the girl with the early blight]
Make a scene with the record machine
At the dancin' party tonight

Come on let's fry the potatoes

Are you ready, Let's do the Freddie
Are you ready, Gonna do the Freddie
Oooo Oooo Oooo Ooo
Do the Freddie
Oh Oh Oh Oh
There's a dance that crossin' the nation
Causin' more than a great sensation
You flip your wings just like a bird
I know it sounds crazy
But y

Don't worry baby have no fear
Everything's gonna be all right
Ain't had a job almost a year
Everything's gonna be all right
We owe so much we borrowed before
I guess tomorrow we'll borrow some more
But [better] baby for tonight
Everything's gonna be all right
Ever

The roof leaks, the floor squeaks
The clock won't tick anymore
The knob fell offa the door
Since you're gone
Everything's wrong, Everything's wrong
The picture you gave me
Fell down and came all apart
It's broken just like my heart
Since you're gone
Everything

Got somethin' for you darlin'
That you never never had
Well somethin' for you darlin'
That you've never never had
I got a lotta
Good lovin', good lovin'
Make me feel so bad
Give somethin' to me baby
When you know you're fine
Give somethin' to me baby
Just

CC I had a chance for true love
But I had to let you go by
Got to get myself together
Cause all I do is cry
I took your love for granted
It turns out I wasn't too smart
Got to get myself together
Before I fall apart
I played for fun
Group I played for fun

This is a sad story
About a girl named Mary Mac
And her wondering lover Bob Needle
(Group) Oh! Softly
I can hear her callin'
Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle
Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle
Hey Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle - Bobba Needle

Hey you little Boo-ga-loo
What cha tryin' to do
With ya dancin' shoes
Messin' up my mind
[Reachin'] all the time
Don't you ever [baby]
Get tired of me
Hey you little Boo-ga-loo
Hey [now] with your wavy hair
Baby don't you dare
When everybody stares
Sta

Come on, baby, let's do the twist
Come on, baby, let's do the twist
Take me by my little hand and go like this

Yeah, twist, baby, baby
Twist, ooh yeah, just like this
Come on, little miss, and do the twist

My daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
Yeah, daddy's j

Hooka Tooka my soda cracker
Does your momma chaw tobacca
If ya momma chaw tobacca,say
Hooka Tooka my soda cracker
Hooka Tooka my soda cracker
Does your momma chaw tobacca
If ya momma chaw tobacca,say
Hooka Tooka my soda cracker
Who your love, Who your love I say

I could have danced all night!
I could have danced all night!
And still have begged for more.

I could have spread my wings
And done a thousand things
I've never done before.

I'll never know
What made it so exciting.
Why all at once my heart took flight.

Come on, everybody Clap your hands All you lookin’ good I’m gonna sing my song It won’t take long We´re gonna do the twist And It goes like this: Come on let's twist again Like we

Come on everybody
Clap your hands
Aw, you're looking good
I'm gonna sing my song
It won't take long
We're gonna do the twist
And it goes like this

Come on let's twist again
Like we did last summer
Yeah, let's twist again
Like we did last year
Do you

Baby baby baby baby take it easy
Let's do it right <Let's do it right>
Ar baby take it easy
Don't cha know we got all night <Um Um Yeah>
Cause there's no no twistin'
Like a slow slow twistin' with you

Yeah a little crazy motion
Is all you need <Just a

Come on baby let's do the twist
Come on baby let's do the twist
Take me by my little hand and go like this

Oooh-yeah just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist

My daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
Yeah daddy is sleepin' and mama ain't around
We're g

The Twist

Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee, Twist
Aah, we're back

Come on baby, let's do The Twist
Come on baby, let's do The Twist
Take me by my little hand and go like this

The party was packed, I'm talkin' back to back
There was a rapper that was rappin' to a beat