Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

When you feel your bones a shakin',
And your temperature is risin',
And the groove begins to move you,
It's the King of Swing.... (King of Swing)

When you see those fires' burnin',
and your fever is a risin'
An' those drums begin a poundin'
It's the King of Swing...
'King of Swing'
'King of Swing'
'King of Swing'

Go Daddy-O!

Go Daddy-O!
Go Daddy-O!
Go Daddy-O!

Go!
Go!
Go!
Go!
Go!

You gotta go daddy-o!

When you hit the dance floor you gotta be Jumpin' Jack
Jump on in jump with your baby
Like a wild train rollin' right down your track
Wow Wow you just can't stop it
Like a wild train rollin' right down your track
Wow Wow watch it watch it

Swingin' through the jungle
I have sailed the Seven Seas
King of the monkeys
And nothin' bothers me
I wanna fly right to the sky
I wanna touch the moon
But I hear them callin' me
I'll have to come back soon

And I said: "Whoa ho ho"
The band: Whoa ho ho - ho ho ho
It's you and me and the mambo swing

"Whoa ho ho"
The band: Whoa ho ho - ho ho ho
It's you and me and the mambo swing
(YEAH!)

Fires in the city
There was dancin' in the streets
More than a scene
And mambo was the king
I wanna fly right back through time
Like a fever without care

And I hear it calling me
And I wanna take you there

And I said: "Whoa ho ho"
The band: Whoa ho ho - ho ho ho
It's you and me and the mambo swing

"Whoa ho ho"
The band: Whoa ho ho - ho ho ho
It's you and me and the mambo swing
(YEAH!)

And I said: "Whoa ho ho"
The band: Whoa ho ho - ho ho ho

"Whoa ho ho"
The band: Whoa ho ho - ho ho ho
(repeated 1x times)

And I said: "Whoa ho ho"
The band: Whoa ho ho - ho ho ho
It's you and me and the mambo swing

"Whoa ho ho"
The band: Whoa ho ho - ho ho ho
It's you and me and the mambo swing

"Whoa ho ho"
The band: Whoa ho ho - ho ho ho
It's you and me and the mambo swing

It's you and me and the mambo swing
It's you and me and the mambo swing!

Please, baby... let's get it right
I don't think I can take it...one more night.
I know I love you, I love you, I love you
'Though the stars are mine
So please baby, show me you are mine.

Please, baby...let's not fight
I don't think I can take it...one more night.
I know I love you, I love you, I love you
As though the stars are mine
So please baby, show me that you are mine.

Please, baby...let's keep it right
Wanna make love to you baby
All through the night
I know I love you, I love you, I love you
'Though the stars are mine
So please, please baby, show me you are mine

Show me you are mine
Show me you are mine
Show me you are mine
(Oh, Yeah)

Go Daddy-O!

Go Daddy-O!
Go Daddy-O!
Go Daddy-O!

Go!
Go!
Go!
Go!
Go!

You gotta go daddy-o!

The maddest kind of love
Is a love you know is wrong
It burns a hole, right through your soul
And cuts you like a knife

The maddest kind of love
Is a love you know won't last
It fills your heart with passion
Makes you lie about your past

You know I speak from experience
I live it each day
It's something she does
It's something she'll say

It's the maddest kind of love

The maddest kind of love
Is a love just for the thrill
It doesn't have a conscience
Only lives, for the kill

The maddest kind of love
Is a love you know's a lie
It leaves feeling empty
Too weak, too cold to cry

You know I speak from experience
I live it each day
It's something she does
It's something she'll say

It's the maddest kind of love

It's a mad, mad love
It's the maddest kind of love
It's a mad, mad love
Wooooooooo, Yeah!

You know I speak from experience
I live it each day
It's something she does
It's something she'll say

It's the maddest kind of love
It's a mad, mad love
It's a maddest kind of love
It's a mad, mad love
Ooooooooooh yeah, you're in love
(Yeah)
Don't fall in love...
Ooooooooooooooooooooooh...

I gonna jump with my baby
No, I don't mean maybe tonight
Ooh, jump with my baby
No, I don't mean maybe tonight.
I gonna jump all night
It's gonna be all right with her

I gonna swing with my baby
No, I don't mean maybe tonight
Ooh, swing with my baby
No, I don't mean maybe tonight
I'm gonna swing all night
It's gonna be all right with her.

I'm gonna jump with my baby tonight (C'mon boys!)
The band: I'm gonna jump with my baby tonight
I'm gonna jump with my baby tonight
The band: I'm gonna jump with my baby tonight
(repeat last 2 lines 3x times)

I'm gonna jump all night
It's gonna be alright with her

I gonna jump with my baby
No, I don't mean maybe tonight
Ooh, jump with my baby
No, I don't mean maybe tonight.
I wanna jump all night
It's gonna be all right with her

I gonna swing with my baby
No, I don't mean maybe tonight
Ooh, swing with my baby
No, I don't mean maybe tonight
I'm gonna swing all night
It's gonna be all right with her

I'm gonna jump with my baby tonight (C'mon boys!)
The band: I'm gonna jump with my baby tonight
I'm gonna jump with my baby tonight
The band: I'm gonna jump with my baby tonight
(repeat last 2 lines 2x times)

I'm gonna jump all night
It's gonna be alright with her

Folks, now here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher,
She was a red-hot hootchie-cootcher,
She was the roughest, toughest frail,
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.

[Call and response scat chorus differs every time. The following is simplified:]
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!
He-de-he-de-he-de-he!
Ho-de-ho-de-ho!

Now, she messed around with a bloke named Smoky,
She loved him though he was cokie,
He took her down to Chinatown,
He showed her how to kick the gong around.

Now, she had a dream about the king of Sweden,
He gave her things that she was needin',
He gave her a home built of gold and steel,
A diamond car with a platinum wheel.

Now, he gave her his townhouse and his racing horses,
Each meal she ate was a dozen courses;
She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes,
And she sat around and counted them all a billion times.

Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min.

Like a wild train rollin' so wild and full of steam
Once you get us going, it's like nothing you have seen
With some fire in your belly, you move a little faster
And the devil in your eye makes you hit a little harder

So where do you draw the line and tell yourself no more?
Is it when your back's against the wall or you're crawlin' on the floor?
It's always work, work, work some more until they say it's time
But fight the fight worth fighting and things will turn out fine

And I say Lordy, lordy lordy. Lordy lordy be
Lordy lordy lordy. Big and bad as we can be
This is what it means when we swing on you brother

So now that we know who we really trust
There's plenty room for them but there's more room for us
When your feet don't touch the ground, there's nothing you can say
Just jump inside, enjoy the ride, and make the big boys pay

Well now friends let me tell you about this cat that I once met,
Smooth talker with an export cigarette
I don't believe I ever saw him without a cocktail in his hand
And no-one swings as hard to the big bad voodoo band!

Now he strolls through the city like a big ol' alley cat,
With his pinstripe suit and a big bad voodoo hat
I don't believe I ever saw him without a kitten on his hand
And no-one swings as hard to the big bad voodoo band!

Hey Mr. pinstripe suit
Hey Mr. hi-dee-hi-dee-ho
I know you got the answers
We all wanna know

Mr. wingtip shoes
Hey Mr. always on the go
Well I know you got the answers
We all wanna know

Yeah!

Hey Mr. Pinstripe Suit!
Hey Mr. hi-dee-hi-dee-ho
Well I know you got the answers,
We all wanna know

Mr. wingtip shoes!
Hey Mr. always on the go
Well I know you got the answers
We all wanna know
Well I know you got the answers
We all wanna know
Well I know you got the answers
Yeah, we all wanna know!

[whispered - drummer counts off the beat]
A-1, 2 - a-1, 2, 3

All right boys, c'mon ...

YEAH!

All right kid ... bring it on down ... C'mon!

Goodnight, baby
Don't let the bedbugs bite
Sleep tight, Sydney
'Cause I'll be home tonight

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Close your eyes now
And dream of happiness
Nothing can harm you
Now that I'm home again

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If you should wake tonight
I'll be there by your side
Angels watch over you
Like parents want to do

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Da da da da da

Goodnight, baby
Don't let the bedbugs bite
Sleep tight, Sydney
'Cause I'll be home tonight

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He's got a sharkskin suit
And a diamond earring he's got jet black hair
Just like his mother
He's got a jail tattoo, from his long-lost brother
He's got a shotgun fuse, don't you pull his trigger

Broke from jail without a gun
Public enemy number one killed a man on the run
On the lam without bail headed straight back to jail
Nowhere else for him to go daddy-o, daddy-o

He's gonna make his mark at a vegas hotel
He rolls snake eyes down
He's gonna make his money
But he's headin' west, on a killin' spree
Down in L.A., you know the killin's free

Broke from jail without a gun
Public enemy number one killed a man on the run
On the lam without bail headed straight back to jail
Nowhere else for him to go daddy-o, daddy-o

He was born on the 4th of july the kind of guy
When he spoke to you
He stared you straight in the eye you know, man
When he walked into the room you would feel it
And man when he walked in the room
It sounded like this

He got a hundred years, and the electric chair
His final words were, I don't care

Broke from jail without a gun
Public enemy number one killed a man on the run
On the lam without bail headed straight back to jail
Nowhere else for him to go daddy-o, daddy-o

Daddy-o
Daddy-o
Daddy-o

The way the legend goes is he was executed shortly after midnight
Some witnesses say, he seemed to be enjoying himself
One witness said he died with a smile on his face
He was one bad, bad man