now when i get the blues, i get me a rockin’ chair
when i get the blues, i get me a rockin’ chair
well, if the blues overtake me gonna rock right away
from here

now when i get lonesome, i jump on the telephone
when i get lonesome, i jump on the telephone
i call my baby, tell her i’m on my way back home

now flip, flop and fly
i don’t care if i die
now flip, flop and fly
i don’t care if i die
don’t ever leave me, don’t ever say goodbye

give me one more kiss, hold it a long long time
give me one more kiss, hold it a long long time
now love me baby, till the feelin’ hits my head like
wine

 [bad word] my baby, flashin’ her new gold tooth
 [bad word] my baby, flashin’ her new gold tooth
well she’s so small, she can mambo in a pay phone booth

now flip, flop and fly
i don’t care if i die
now flip, flop and fly
i don’t care if i die
ah, don’t ever leave me, don’t ever say goodbye

{sax solo}

i’m like a mississippi bullfrog, sittin’ on a hollow
stump
i’m like a mississippi bullfrog, sittin’ on a hollow
stump
i got so many women, i don’t know which way to jump

now flip, flop and fly
i don’t care if i die
now flip, flop and fly
i don’t care if i die
now, don’t ever leave me, don’t ever say goodbye
oh my!