Tighten Up (Live) - Archie Bell & The Drells

Hi everybody

I'm Archie Bell of the Drells

Of 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

Yeah, 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

Let's tighten it up now

Let's tighten it up now

Tighten it up

Do the tighten 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

Come on and tighten up that bass

Oh, yeah

Now look here

I want that guitar

To fall in on there

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

Move to your left

Move 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...