Archie Bell and the Drells-Tighten Up lyrics

Tighten Up   
 
  
  Archie Bell and the Drells   
 
  
    
 
  
  Hi everybody. I`m Archie Drell and  
 the Drells from Houston, Texas. We don`t   
 
  
  only sing but we dance just as good  
 as we walk. In Houston we just started a   
 
  
  new dance called the Tighten Up. This  
 is the music we tighten up to.   
 
  
    
 
  
  First tighten up on the drums. Come  
 on now drummer. I want you to tighten   
 
  
  it up for  
 me now. oh yeah   
 
  
  Tighten up on that bass now.  
 Tighten it up. ha ha Yeah   
 
  
  Now let that guitar  
 fall in. Oh yeah   
 
  
  Tighten up on that organ now.   
 
  
    
 
  
  Ya, do the  
 tighten up. Yeah now.   
 
  
  I said if you  
 can do it now,   
 
  
  It sure would be tough.   
 
  
    
 
  
  Now look here. Come  
 on now. Make it mellow.   
 
  
    
 
  
  Let`s tighten up now.  
 Do the tighten up.   
 
  
  Everybody can do it  
 now. So let`s do it.   
 
  
  We`re gonna tighten up.  
 Let`s do the tighten up.   
 
  
  You can do it now.  
 So baby get to it.   
 
  
    
 
  
  Let`s do your left  
 now. Let`s do your right.   
 
  
  You can do it. But  
 don`tcha just do it light.   
 
  
  Come on and tighten  
 up. Tighten it up now.   
 
  
    
 
  
  Come on now  
 drum. Tighten it up.   
 
  
  Tighten up that bass. Oh yeah   
 
  
  Now look here. I want that  
 guitar to fall in on that.   
 
  
  Tighten it up now. Oh yeah   
 
  
  Now tighten it up organ.   
 
  
  There everybody, tighten it up.   
 
  
    
 
  
  Now look here. We gonna  
 make it mellow for ya now.   
 
  
  We gonna make it mellow now.   
 
  
  Tighten up. You can tighten up