[Intro]
(Scatting)
[Verse]
Was a boy named Tom
He was living on his last dollar
Not another penny
Sitting in his coffer
Never had a dime to spare
But he didn’t seem to care
[Bridge]
One day a gracious man, he came by to loan him
Five hundred dollars to deliver clothing
But he had the slickest smirk on his face
Tom could tell something was out of place
[Bridge]
Suffice to say
Something else in that case
Didn’t know what it was
So he opened a crate
Oh, bless his soul
It wasn’t clothes
No, he found a gun right in the box
[Pre-Chorus]
Now his world’s come crashing down
The sky is falling right to the ground
[Chorus]
Turn it up, turn it up, upside-down
Turn it up, flip it right inside-out
Turn it up, turn it up, upside-down
Turn it up, flip it right inside-out
Turn it up, turn it up, upside-down
Turn it up, flip it right inside-out
Turn it up, turn it up, upside-down
Turn it up, flip it right inside-out
(Scatting)
[Verse]
Two weeks pass by
Tom is absent from work
And then, what’s worse
He stopped coming to church
He had never missed a Sunday
Even if it was on his birthday
[Bridge]
One day a cautious man, he came by to warn him
Said that his old boss, he was looking for him
And then he looked Tom dead in the face
Told him, ‘You best get out this place’
[Bridge]
Suffice to say
Tom just couldn’t stay
How to get away
How to leave this place
He wished he had never taken the job
And ran outta town at the sight of this wicked con
[Pre-Chorus]
Now our Tom is on the run
And that businessman’s got a gun
[Chorus]
Turn it up, turn it up, upside-down
Turn it up, flip it right inside-out
Turn it up, turn it up, upside-down
Turn it up, flip it right inside-out
Turn it up, turn it up, upside-down
Turn it up, flip it right inside-out
Turn it up, turn it up, upside-down
Turn it up, flip it right inside-out
(Scatting)
[Bridge]
When your life’s on the line
And you’re all outta time
What’re you gonna do
When you’re doomed
When you’re up against the clock
And it just won’t stop
Tick tock
[Interlude]
(Scatting)
[Chorus]
Turn it up, turn it up, upside-down
Turn it up, flip it right inside-out
Turn it up, turn it up, upside-down
Turn it up, flip it right inside-out
Turn it up, turn it up, upside-down
Turn it up, flip it right inside-out
Turn it up, turn it up, upside-down
Turn it up, flip it right inside-out
[Bridge]
So Tom packed up his bags and he left
Ran away and he hoped they would forget
About the debt that he now owed
But first, he picked up the telephone
Made sure to call the police and then book it northeast
He was headed down a dark highway
Tom was barely alive, heart still beating inside
He had managed to get away
Moral of the story?
Never trust a stranger
Because you don’t know
The half of the danger
You’re putting yourself in
You’re putting your heart in
When you take this gambit
And somebody kills it
Ready, set, go
Stabbed in the back
And then pushed to the floor
Wishing you could go right back to before
Running around and then right out the door
[Outro]
Left, right, upside-down
(Scatting [da ba da ba da ba da ba) inside out
Left, right, upside-down
(Scatting) inside out
Left, right, upside-down
(Scatting) inside out