Hi everybody!
I'm Archie Bell with the Drells
Of Houston Texas
We don't only sing, but we
dance just as good as we walk
In Houston, we've just started a
new dance called the tighten up
This is the music
we tighten up with
First tighten up on the drums
C'mon 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
Ah yeah
Tighten up on the organ now
Yeah, you do the tighten up
Yeah now
I said if you can do it now
Yeah, you sure will be tough
Now look here, c'mon now
Now make it mellow
Let's tighten it up now
Do the tighten up
Everybody can do it now
So get to it
We're gonna tighten up
Do the tighten up
You can do it now
So baby get to it
Go to your left now
and to your right
Everybody can do it
but don't you get too tight
C'mon and tighten up
Tighten it up now
A tighten it up now
Tighten it up
A do the tighten up
C'mon and tighten it up
Tighten it up now
C'mon now play a little
Tighten it up
Woh yeah, sock it to me man
Tighten it up
C'mon, tighten up that bass
Ah yeah
A look here
I want that guitar to fall in now
Tighten it up now, oh yeah
Now tighten it up organ
Yeah, everybody
Tighten it up now
Now look here, we're gonna
make it mellow for you now
We're gonna
make it mellow now
Tighten it up
You can get it
Move to your left
Move to your right
Tighten it up now
Everything'll be out of sight
C'mon and tighten it up
Tighten it up now