Bout this dance called the mess around
   Baby dig what I'm puttin' down
  
   You can Pony with Tony
   Twist with Mr. Lee
   But if you're gonna Mess Around
   Mess Around with me
  
   Do the Shimmy with Henry
   Hucklebuck with Dee
   But if you're gonna Mess Around
   You better Mess Around with me
  
   All the other dances you are free
   But you better save the last dance for me
  
   You can Cha Cha with Charlie
   Stroll with Stagger Lee
   But if you're gonna Mess Around
   Mess Around with me
  
   You can Pony with Tony
   Come on now
  
   ***Break***
  
   Hey the Twist with Mr. Lee
   Hey one more time
   Round and round and around Hey
  
   ***Break***
  
   But if you're gonna Mess Around
   You better Mess Around with me
  
   All the other dances you are free
   But you better save the last dance for me
  
   A Hully Gully with Harry
   Slop with [ ]
   But if you're gonna Mess Around
   Hear me Mess Around with me
  
   Do the Birdland with Furdie
   Do the Chicken with [ ]
   Watusi with Susie
   Twist with my little sis...fade