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Hi everybody |
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I'm Archie Bell of the Drells |
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From Houston, Texas |
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We don't only sing but we dance |
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Just as good as we walk |
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In Houston we just started a new dance |
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Called the Tighten Up |
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This is the music |
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We tighten up with |
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First tighten up on the drums |
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Come on now, drummer |
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I want you to tighten it up for me now |
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Oh yeah |
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Tighten up on that bass now |
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Tighten it up, ha, ha, yeah |
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Now let that guitar fall in, oh yeah |
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Tighten up on that organ now |
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Yeah, you do the tighten up, yeah, now |
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I said, if you can do it now |
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It sure would be tough |
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Now look here, come on now |
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Now make it mellow |
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Let's tighten it up now |
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Do the tighten up |
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Everybody can do it now |
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So get to it |
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We're gonna tighten up |
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Let's do the tighten up |
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You can do it now |
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So baby, get to it |
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Look to your left now |
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Look to your right |
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Everybody can do it |
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But don't you get too tight |
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Come on and tighten up |
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Let's tighten it up now |
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Let's tighten it up now |
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Tighten it up |
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Do the tighten up |
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Come and tighten it up |
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Tighten it up now |
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Come on now, Billy |
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Tighten it up, oh yeah |
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Sock it to me now |
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Tighten it up |
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Come on and tighten up that bass |
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Oh yeah, now look here |
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I want that guitar to fall in on there |
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Tighten it up now, oh yeah |
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Now tighten it up, organ, yeah |
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Now everybody tighten it up now |
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Now look here |
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We gonna make it mellow for you now |
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We gonna make it mellow now |
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Tighten it up, you can get it |
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Move to your left, move to your right |
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Tighten it up now |
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Everything will be outta sight |
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Come on and tighten it up |
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Tighten it up now |
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You can do it |