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i'll take the rhumba - desi arnaz lyrics

[intro]
we gave the rhumba to north america
now they want us to take it back
folks are saying when they do the rhumba
they crack – boing! – their sacroiliac

what kind of talk is that? it’s a conspiracy, that’s what it is! they want to put desi arnaz out of business! please believe me, i’ve been doing the rhumba since i was a little boy, and my sacroiliac is still in pretty good shape! besides…

i’ve just been over to roseland ballroom
where all the jitterbugs set the pace
take my word, what i saw and heard
doggone near broke up the place

-incoherent shouting-
open the door, charlie!

ay, ay, ay, ay, ay
brother, it’s rough
enough is enough
i’ve done all the rug-cutting i, i, i am gonna do

[verse 1]
tell the band to stop jiving and jumping
stop stomping and thumping
stop beating and b-mping
i’m so tired of digging those chicks
who are hep to do (?)
and i’m flat on my feet from the beat while they’re getting their kicks
with bricks
they can have their mop, bobadorini
bop, hey, babarooni
stop, i’m going loony
what a tough situation i’m in
when i want to say “how have you been?”
got to say, “how you, joe? what you know? will you give me some skin?”
you’re thin

[bridge]
that groovy jive is driving me to ruin
because my head never knows what the rest of my body is doing

[verse 2]
when you hear a band rocking and swinging
drums banging and binging
your ears begin ringing
and you can’t even hear yourself dance
try the rhumba, you may find romance
with those br-ssy notes rooting and tooting you haven’t a chance
tell the band to play more of those rhumbas
play more of those sambas
tell them to play more of those congas
if i try keeping up with this jive
only doctors to keep me alive
with the rhumba i dance, i’ve a much better chance to survive

[outro]
so you people up here in the states
go ahead and keep swinging like gates
break your back till it’s bent and go on being sad till you’re gone
i’ll take the rhumba from now on!

- desi arnaz lyrics

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