Tighten up

Hi everybody, I'm Archie Bell
Of 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 with

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

You 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
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
Let's do the tighten up
You can do it now
So, baby, get to it

Look to your left now
Look to your right
Everybody can do it
But don't you get too tight

Come on and tighten up
Tighten it up now
Tighten it up now
Tighten it up

Tighten it up
Come and tighten it up
Tighten it up now

Come on now, Billy
Tighten it up, oh, yeah
Sock it to me now
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, yeah
Now everybody, tighten it up now

Now look here
We gonna make it
Mellow for you now
We gonna make it mellow now

Tighten it up
You can get it
Look to the left
Look to your right
Tighten it up now
Everything will be outta sight

Come on and tighten it up
Tighten it up now
You can do it
So, baby, get to it
We gonna make it mellow now.
Tighten up. You can tighten up.