Jump shout boogie-artist: barry manilow as sung on "greatest hits" -arista a2l 8601-did not chart on billboard-words and music by barry manilow and bruce sussman(doot, doot, doot doo, yeah)(doot, doot, doot doo, yeah)(doot, doot, doot doo, yeah)(doot, doot, doot doo, yeah)well, not too long ago in nineteen forty-fourwhen every mother's son was goin' off to warthey had to lift they spirits high (high!)for uncle sam, motherhood and apple pieinstead of spendin' money that they didn't havein hot spots in the bronxthey went to hear the kind of jazzyou hear in funky honky-tonksit made you wannajump (jump!), shout (shout!), knock yourself outa boogie-woogie beat is what i'm talkin' aboutif you had the heebie-jeebies you could dance awayto the boogie-woogie music the piano man was playin'you could jump (jump!), shout (shout!), knock yourself outa boogie-woogie beat is what i'm talkin' aboutyou could pull a switcheroonie if you felt low downwith the boogie-woogie beat of a piano man who's goin' to town(doot, doot, doot doo, yeah)(doot, doot, doot doo, yeah)<brief piano interlude>it had the kind of rhythm that would fill the hallthe plinkin' and the plunkin' drove 'em up the walland they would dance and drink their gin (yeah!)and when the fuzz (fuzz) buzzed (buzzed), they'd join inso everybody partied 'till the cows came home'cause that's what boogie's forand every night that dump would jump (jump, jump)and keep 'em comin' back for morebecause it made you wannajump (jump!), shout (shout!), knock yourself outa boogie-woogie beat is what i'm talkin' aboutif you had the heebie-jeebies you could dance awayto the boogie-woogie music the piano man was playin'you could jump (jump!), shout (shout!), knock yourself outa boogie-woogie beat is what i'm talkin' aboutyou could pull a switcheroonie if you felt low downwith the boogie-woogie beat of a piano man who's goin' to town(doot, doot, doot doo, yeah)(doot, doot, doot doo, yeah)it made you wannajump (jump!), shout (shout!) (foo-der-acka-sacki)wanna jump (jump!), shout (shout!)(slip the talcum to me malcom)you wanna jump (jump!), shout (shout!) (floy-doy, floy-doy)to the boogie-woogie music the piano man was playin'you could jump (jump!), shout (shout!), knock yourself outa boogie-woogie beat is what i'm talkin' aboutyou could pull a switcheroonie if you felt low downto the boogie-woogie beat of a piano, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, ha(doot, doot, doot doo, yeah)(doot, doot, doot doo, yeah)(shake it, yeah, yeah, yeah)(shake it, yeah, yeah, yeah)(shake it, yeah, yeah, yeah)(shake it, yeah, yeah, yeah)(shake it, yeah, yeah, yeah)fade(shake it, yeah, yeah, yeah)(shake it, yeah, yeah, yeah)transcribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.