Lighten Up

(album: How 'Bout Us - 1981)

Ooh-ooh...
Ooh-la, yeah

Me-doo-wop, me-doo-wop, doo-doo
Ooh-ooh-ooh...
Moo-be-doo-wop, me-doo-wop
Better lighten up
All I'm asking is you ease up

You make me feel like a kid
Riding on a circus train
Eating candy cane
Happiness can't explain
The way I feel or you
But now you're through
I said I'm driving myself insane
Oon dreams of yesterday
But now you're gone away
Can't you see with your naked eye
That life will pass you by

Lighten up
Me-doo-wop, me-doo-wop
Ooh, baby, you got to, girl
Lighten up
Me-doo-wop, me-doo-wop
Oh, baby, yeah
Lighten up
Me-doo-wop, me-doo-wop
Mmm, mm, yeah
Lighten up
Me-doo-wop, me-doo-wop
What I say
Better lighten up
All I'm asking is you ease up

Traveling through a maze
At twice the speed of light
You know it can't be right
Somebody's looking in
And they find that I'm at home
But I can't get in
My heart is sure pumping fast
And with the price of fuel
You know, I can't be cool
I'm 'bout to run out of gas
Looks like first is gonna be last

Lighten up
Me-doo-wop, me-doo-wop
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, baby, yeah
Lighten up
Me-doo-wop, me-doo-wop
Oh, my, baby
Lighten up
Me-doo-wop, me-doo-wop
Ooh, yeah
Lighten up
Me-doo-wop, me-doo-wop
'Cause you just gotta
You just gotta do right

Yeah, gonna be, lighten up, child
Ah, baby, gotta make things right, baby
Yeah, I'm talking to you
Gotta lighten up, baby
Better lighten up, baby, yeah

Whoo-ooh-ooh...
Gonna lighten up, gonna lighten up
Lighten up
Me-doo-wop, me-doo-wop
Lighten up
Me-doo-wop, me-doo-wop...