Ahhh you can talk about the pit
barbeque
the band was jumping
the people too

ahhh mess around
they doin' the mess around
they doin' the mess around
everybody's doin' the mess around

ahhh everybody was juiced
you can bet your soul
they did the boogie woogie
with a steady roll

they mess around
they doin' the mess around
they doin' the mess around
everybody doin' the mess around

now uh, when i say stop
don't you move a peg
when i say go
just uh, shake your leg

and do the mess around
I declare do the mess around
yeah do the mess around
everybody's doin' the mess around

Now let me have it there boy (over piano solo)

Now you got it boy (over saxaphone solo)

Oh mess around (over saxaphone solo)

Mess around boy (over saxaphone solo)

Now this band's gonna play from
9 to 1
everybody here's gonna
have some fun

doin' the mess around
ahhh doin' the mess around
they doin' the mess around
everybody's doin' the mess around

now you see that girl
with that diamond ring
she knows how to
shake that thing

mess around
I declare she can mess around
ahhh mess around
everybody do the mess around