[Verse 1]

Ah, you can talk about the pit barbecue

The band was jumping, the people too

Ah, mess around

They doin' the mess around

They doin' the mess around

Everybody doin' the mess around

[Verse 2]

Ah, everybody was juiced, you can bet your soul

They did the boogie-woogie with a sturdy roll

They mess around

They doin' the mess around

They doin' the mess around

Everybody doin' the mess around

[Verse 3]

Now ah, when I say stop don't you move a peg

When I say go, just ah, 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

[Bridge]

Now let me have it there, boy

Now you got it, boy

(Yeah, ah, mess around, go on mess around)

(Mess around, boy)

[Verse 4]

Now this band's going to play from nine to one

Everybody here's gonna have some fun

Doin' the mess around

They doin' the mess around

They doin' the mess around

Everybody doin' the mess around

[Verse 5]

Now you see that girl with that diamond ring

She knows how to shake that thing

Mess around

I declare she can mess around

Ah, mess around

Everybody do the mess around