Rooster hits the washboard, and people just got to smile
Blinky thumps the gut bass and solos for a while
Poor boy twangs the rhythm out on his Kalamazoo
Willy goes into a dance and doubles on kazoo
Well, we gonna rock-a to the rhythm and the blues tonight
Rock 'cause everything gonna be all right
'Cause tonight, we gonna rock to the rhythm and the blues
I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues, it must be goin' round
All my friends are boppin' the blues, it must be goin' round
I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound
Got no feel, I got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat (you just keep losing and losing)
I'm OK, I'm alright (he's alright, he's alright)
I ain't gonna face no defeat (Yeah, yeah)
I just gotta get out of this prison cell
One day (someday) I'm gonna be free, Lord!
Check out guitar George
He knows all the chords
Mind, it's strictly rhythm
He doesn't wanna make it cry or sing
Yes and an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone
Little Joe was blowing on the slide trombone
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang
The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang
These guys had multiple number 1 hits in the UK and several more top 10.
Even successful in Canada, but very limited in the US. This is my favorite from them.
If you watched the Beatles "Get Back" series on Disney they're mentioned in that by one of the boys. Possibly George? If not, it was John.
"Like a rhythm like a spell
It sets your soul in motion
Love that's sure could rule the world
A tide to turn an ocean"
But the drumbeat strains of the night remain
In the rhythm of the new-born day
You know sometime you're bound to leave her
But for now you're going to stay