(Do the) Mashed Potatoes - James Brown

A little bit of bad luck And you go back to your house The clog is never unstuck The flow is disallowed For just a couple of bucks A diesel power half ounce You might as well light up Do you feel better now? Did you think that you could laugh about it Think that you could get around it Think that you could find another way When the time ticks by devoid of color Seasons blend into each other You know that you died before today You cannot do the right thing The little hours again Frontloaded pleasure Not gonna happen Still hanging onto the string You guess that it's okay then A little under the weather You'll bring it back again Did you think that you could laugh about it Think that you could get around it Think that you could find another way When the time ticks by devoid of color Seasons blend into each other You know that you died before today Holding on I'm running away from me

It's the latest It's the greatest Mashed Potato (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) A Mashed Potato started long time ago With a guy named Sloppy Joe You'll find this dance is so cool to do Come on baby, gonna teach it to you (Mashed Potato) Hear that groovy beat now (Mashed Potato) Come on and twist your feet now, baby (It's the latest) Come on, honey (It's the greatest) Come on, baby (Mashed Potato) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And then this dance just grew and grew They look for records, they could do it to They found this dance was out of sight Doin' the lion sleeps tonight (Mashed Potato) Yeah, a weem o wep a weem o wepa (Mashed Potato) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (It's the latest) Aw, baby (It's the greatest) Come on, honey (Mashed Potato) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Now everybody is doin' fine They dance along or a big boss line And they discovered it's the most, man The day they did it to "Please Mr. Postman" (Mashed Potato) Wait a minute, wait a minute (Mashed Potato) Deliver de letter (It's the latest) Come on, baby (It's the greatest) Oh, honey (Mashed Potato) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Well they got with it, more and more You ought to see 'em around the floor The Mashed Potato took a long long list They even do it to "Dear Lady Twist" (Mashed Potato) Stand up from your chair now (Mashed Potato) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (It's the latest) Come on, baby (It's the greatest) Oh, honey (Mashed Potato) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Mashed Potato) Feel the groovy beat, yeah

One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four Five potatoes, six potatoes, seven potatoes, more One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four Five potatoes, six potatoes, seven potatoes, more One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four Five potatoes, six potatoes, seven potatoes, more One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four Five potatoes, six potatoes, seven potatoes, more One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four Five potatoes, six potatoes, seven potatoes, more One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four Five potatoes, six potatoes, seven potatoes, more

We take a drive just to sing along Every word of them Rolling Stones Stacey's mom had it goin' on Lived three doors down, I can see her now Her daughter had a heart that was wild and free If you Blink-182, then you'd miss me and her Every verse had a story Yeah, them pocket lighter nights lit up our days of glory Back when the air guitars were the only sound And you'd strum the chords and I'd put the pedal down Two-man dashboard band rollin' through this town Had that rearview shakin' to the kick-drum beat Leanin' West Coast deep in the bucket seats All I ever wanted was right there in that car Back when we were rockstars (We're running all night, chasing down a dream) (Howling at the moon, baby, you and me) Back when we were rockstars (We're running all night, chasing down a dream) (Howling at the moon, baby, you and me) Nothin' like freedom two windows down You singin' along, still hear it now Way too loud and sometimes off key But you sounded like an angel to me You'd make fun of how I threw my head And threw my fingers up in the air Thought I was Kurt Cobain or Jimmy Page You were at side seat, center stage Back when the air guitars were the only sound And you'd strum the chords and I'd put the pedal down Two-man dashboard band rollin' through this town And that rearview shakin' to the kick-drum beat Leanin' West Coast deep in the bucket seats All I ever wanted was right there in that car Back when we were rockstars Back when we were rockstars We never ended up on MTV Or heard our voices on a CD But in your eyes and in my arms We were each other's rockstars Back when the air guitars were the only sound And you'd strum the chords and I'd put the pedal down Two-man dashboard band rollin' through this town Had that rearview shakin' to the kick-drum beat Leeanin' West Coast deep in the bucket seats All I ever wanted was right there in that car Back when we were rockstars (We're running all night, chasing down a dream) (Howling at the moon, baby, you and me) Yeah, back when we were rockstars (We're running all night, chasing down a dream) (Howling at the moon, baby, you and me) Back when we were rockstars (We're running all night, chasing down a dream) (Howling at the moon, baby, you and me) You and me were rockstars (We're running all night, chasing down a dream) (Howling at the moon, baby, you and me) oh yeah (Running all night, chasing down a dream) Yeah, we were runnin' all night, chasing down a dream Howlin' at the moon, baby, you and me