♪ ♪ Ah, you can talk about the pit barbecue ♪ ♪ The band was jumpin', the people too high, messin' around ♪ ♪ They doin' the mess around, they doin' the mess around ♪ ♪ Everybody doin' the mess around, ah, everybody was Jewish, you can't bet your soul ♪ ♪ They did the boogie-woogie for the study roll, they mess around, they doin' the mess around ♪ ♪ They doin' the mess around, everybody doin' the mess around ♪ ♪ Now, when I say stop, don't you move a paint, when I say go, just shake your leg and do the mess around ♪ ♪ I declare doin' the mess around, yeah, do the mess around, everybody's doin' the mess around ♪ Now, let me have it now, boy. ♪♪ Now, you got it, boy. Yeah! Oh, mess around! Go, mess around! ♪♪ Mess around, boy! ♪♪ Now, this band's gonna play from nine to one, everybody here's gonna have some fun doin' the mess around, ah, doin' the mess around They're doin' the mess around, everybody doin' the mess around Now, you see that girl with that diamond ring, she knows how to shake that thing, mess around Body class, you can mess around, ah, mess around, everybody do the mess around ♪♪