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The lyrics of Buster's song


Does anyone know the complete lyrics of the solo number that Buster performs near to the end? I'd appreciate it if anyone could tell me the source (if available).

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here are the lyrics that I listened to on the tcm dvd which just came out
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All the boys with high blood pressure all the girls with too much flesh
your day has come at last.
Here's a dance you four wallflowers, once you try you'll dance for hours
I'll explain it then.
hot stuff is taboo...
follow me and do... the free and easy with the four whiplash you'll let yourself relax up and down your back free and easy
start out breezy
you'll let your elbows slag
you let your tootsie drag just like you have a jag
free and easy
brave men slave men one foot in the grave men, find yourself a partner now. show girls slow girls never had a home girls heres your only chance and how.
if you pleazy while the music plays you can dance for days just to this mazy craze free and easy

~of course some of it doesnt make much sense but mabe thats what makes it so entertaining

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I loved it when he sang that song. He's so talented.

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correction...the lyric is not "with the four whiplash" it is "smear the floor with wax..."

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you'll let your elbows slag
you let your tootsie drag just like you have a jag

Actually, it's "let your tootsies drag like you're on a jag..."
"jag" is an old fashioned word for a drinking binge...So I guess this means, kind of stagger around like you're drunk!

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Here's the nearest I got...

All the boys with high blood pressure all the girls with too much flesh
your day has come at last.
Here's a dance you poor wallflowers, once you try you'll dance for hours
I'll explain it fast.
hot stuff is taboo...
follow me and do... the free and easy.
Smeer the floor with wax you'll let yourself relax, loose and (?) up your back free and easy
start out breezy
you'll let your elbows slag
you let your tootsies drag just like you had a jag
it's free and easy
brave men, slave men, one foot in the grave men, grab yourself a partner now.
Show girls, slow girls, never had a ball girls, here's your only chance and how.
if you pleazy... while the music plays you can dance for days to this lazy craze, free and easy.

It sounded like "booty" to me and he does kinda do that motion but... everyone will hear it differently! ;) *edit* It was tootsies! I played it in slow motion.. I'm spending too much time on this.

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