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Function at the Junction
I'm getting ready for the function at the junctionAnd baby you'd better come on right nowBecause everybody's gonna be thereWe got people comin' from everywhereWe got Ling Ting Tong from ChinaLong Tall Sally from CarolinaWe got 007, the private eye,And he's bringin' all the guys from "I Spy"Come one, come all, we gonna have a balldown at the function at the junctionAnd baby you'd better come on right nowWe serving egg foo yung and barbecuehaving chicken dumplings and kidney stewhaving heap big fun till the break of dawngonna shake a tailfeather shoot, it's gonna be a runHold a shotgun on the rooster, and dare him to crowhow could anybody sleep when they could get out on the floorTell him, tell them, tell one and tell 'em all.Tell 'em 'bout the function at the junctionTell 'em that they'd better come on right nowTell 'em 'bout the function at the junctionSongtexteTell 'em that they'd better come on right nowOh the soul brothers, JitterbugsHip cats and fancy hats andPretty girls with pretty smilesAll decked out in the latest stylesand Farmer Jim and Guitar Slim andBetty Boop and ooo-boop-e-doopand Mohair Sam from Alabamand Minnesota Fats from Hobo FlatsBreath-takin' Hip-shakin' give it nowTalkin' bout some fascinatin' demonstratin'They all be gathering here, from far and nearfor the Function at the JunctionBrother, you'd better come on right nowTell 'em 'bout the function at the junctionSister, you'd better come on right nowTalkin' 'bout a function at the junctionEverybody you'd better come on right now Aus Songtexte Mania