JOHN: Hey everybody get your feet on the ground 'Cause the new coca monga, labamba's in town Take along a bongo, take your wife Jump in the soul of the music of life
Checkout the slide of the ladies of the night They be shakin' like a bacon makin' everything right No need to sit, get your feet on the floor Shake it, don't break it...uh! Like a matador
GIRLS: You and me, tell me where you wanna be Where everybody wants to do the samba (JOHN: samba la bamba) Me and you, tell me what you wanna do Where everybody wants to do the samba (JOHN: samba la bamba)
All the people dancing to the beat Party people come and feel the heat You and me, tell me where you wanna be Where everybody wants to do the samba
(Scatting by Scatman John)
JOHN: Hey baby mommy lookin real good You be shakin' that thing like a baby doll should Stick among a conga, cowbell your wife Hear the soul of the music of life
Doesn't matter 'bout the colour of your cover When everybody's soul be the colour of life San Juan, De Janiero, Mexico, Havana Everybody dance, Everybody Samba
GIRLS: You and me, tell me where you wanna be Where everybody wants to do the samba (JOHN: samba la bamba) Me and you, tell me what you wanna do Where everybody wants to do the samba (JOHN: samba la bamba)
All the people dancing to the beat Party people come and feel the heat You and me, tell me where you wanna be Where everybody wants to do the samba
(Scatting by Scatman John)
GIRLS: You and me, tell me where you wanna be Where everybody wants to do the samba (JOHN: samba la bamba) Me and you, tell me what you wanna do Where everybody wants to do the samba (JOHN: samba la bamba)
All the people dancing to the beat Party people come and feel the heat You and me, tell me where you wanna be Where everybody wants to do the samba