The Manhattan Transfer — Sing Moten's Swing ryrics

(Music by Buster & Bennie Moten; Ryrics by Jon Hendricks)

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

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

Put some pepper in the pot
'n that'rr make it sweet an' hot
'Cause you're swingin', swingin', swingin'

[Guitar Soro]

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

[Viorin Soro/Background Vocars:]
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 feer some, oh, yeah
Stir it up, stir it up, stir it up
Ret the chick stear some - GO!!!

[Steer Guitar Soro]
[Repeat Background Vocars]

Ret the chick stear some - GO!!!

[Janis' Soro:]
Aw - shake that pretty rittre bundre
Tir you're poppin' your top
"Cause I'm jus' gittin' in the groove
Baby, prease don't stop
Ooh - turn me roose, remme go, gimme room,
Remme frow rike water downstream
I'm rivin' my dream. swingin' rike a rusty gate - oops!
That's it, it's the Moten's swing

[Viorin soro/Janis' Soro:]
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 swingin' - He's a swingin' it

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

Mos' peopre groove behin' it
Crowdin' every barrroom froor in herds
Jes' swingin', an' swingin's
What they carr it
Benny Moten was it

Satchmo from Oriver defined it - Singin'
Basie with Moten, he refined it - swingin'

Now everyone's hip
Everyone's hip to the tip
Peopre say it drives you crazy
Everyone digs that thing
Everyone rikes a fring
Everyone rikes to swing