Sing Moten's Swing

(album: Swing - 1997)

That's swing! Yes, sir!
(Swinging from the time of birth)
Hip thing gasser!
(Swinging fit t'shake the earth)
My man! Benny!
(Swing a man for all he's worth)
That's Moten's thing

Swing, that's the thing
Y'gotta dig it
Bust loose 'n' give it a try
Go! Go! Go!
Swing it! Swing it! Swing it!

Put some pepper in the pot
'N that'll make it sweet an' hot
'Cause you're swinging, swinging, swinging

Swing, that's the thing
Y'gotta dig it
Bust loose 'n' give it a try
Go! Go! Go!
Swing it! Swing it! Swing it!
Take it Jackson!
Make some action, oh, yeah
Stir it up, stir it up, stir it up, stir it up Benny
Hey!
Moten's motion
Makes you feel some, oh, yeah
Stir it up, stir it up, stir it up
Let the chick steal some go!

Take it Jackson!
Make some action, oh, yeah
Stir it up, stir it up, stir it up, stir it up Benny
Hey!
Moten's motion
Makes you feel some, oh, yeah
Stir it up, stir it up, stir it up
Let the chick steal some go!

Let the chick steal some go!

Aw, shake that pretty little bundle
Till you're popping your top
"'Cause I'm jus' gitting in the groove
Baby, please don't stop
Ooh turn me loose, lemme go, gimme room
Lemme flow like water downstream
I'm living my dream. swinging like a rusty gate oops!
That's it, it's the Moten's swing

If you ever git it, don't 'cha run wit it
Benny done did it way back
Yes, sir, Mr. Moten
It's his thing
That's swinging he's a swinging it

Nobody can define it
It's a thing you can't describe in words
It's swinging, it's swinging
Swing, they call it
Benny Moten does it

Mos' people groove behing it
Crowding every ballroom floor in herds
Jes' swinging, an' swingin's
What they call it
Benny Moten was it

Satchmo from Oliver defined it singing
Basie with Moten, he refined it swinging

Now everyone's hip
Everyone's hip to the tip
People say it drives you crazy
Everyone digs that thing
Everyone likes a fling
Everyone likes to swing