Tekst :

Callin out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat?
Summer s here and the time is right
For dancin in the streets
They re dancin in Chicago
Down in New Orleans
Up in New York City

All we need is music, sweet music
There ll be music everywhere
There ll be swingin , swayin and records playin
And dancin in the streets

Oh, it doesn t matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on, every guy grab a
Everywhere around the world
There ll be dancin
They re dancin in the street

This is an invitation
Across the nation
A chance for the folks to meet
There ll be laughin and singin and music swingin
And dancin in the streets

Philadelphia, P.A. (Philadelphia, P.A.)
Baltimore and DC now (Baltimore and DC now)
Yeah don t forget the Motor City (can t forget the Motor City)

All we need is music, sweet music
There ll be music everywhere
There ll be swingin , swayin and records playin
And dancin in the street, yeah

[electric piano]

Oh, it doesn t matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on, every guy grasp a
Everywhere around the world
There ll be dancin
They re dancin in the streets

Philadelphia, P.A. (Philadelphia, P.A.)
Baltimore and DC now (Baltimore and DC now)
Yeah don t forget the Motor City (can t forget the Motor City)
All the way down in L.A. California
Not to mention Halifax Nova Scotia
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Manchester
Alexandria, Virginia, Virginia
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REFRAIN:
Meet my friend, he knows every little trick
Meet my friend called dick
Meet my friend, he knows every little trick
Meet my friend called dick

I ve got a friend
He s so much fun
And I know he s...

That sky is a-shine with sheen
Those eyes are a green machine
Spare me your whining
In my rainy gazebo tree

Deep in my silver pit
The walls are all thick with it
My, but you slay me
In my rainy gazebo tree

Bless my baby eyes
Don t you know Jesus died ?
I m better off inside
Strip and...

Can I be the one
To share your love life
To share your love life

You live a life alone
and so do I
Don´t you ever get lonely
and do you wonder why?
May I propose a new solution?
A...

Sending shivers right down you
spine it s something that you re
prone to so divine you were better at lies
I was never surprised
at the way that if felt now feel the blade I was always insane
but you re the one that needs help

Quick we ha the ransom tell me...

There was a time you and I were everything
You ll never know the days and nights
I spend imagining

Yesterday is the only place
We ll ever know oh oh

In my little black book
There s someone I used to...