Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Pete Townshend
Canonical path: /pete-townshend/harlem-shuffle
Related lyric paths: 6
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Harlem Shuffle
Read Harlem Shuffle lyrics by Pete Townshend on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Harlem Shuffle
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You move it to the left and you go for yourself (go for yourself)
You move it to the right if it takes all night (takes all night)
Come on baby, with a whole lot of soul
Don't move it too fast and you make it last
You scratch, scratch, scratch just like a monkey yeah you do (real. yea)
You slide it to the limbo how low can you go (how low can you go)
Now come on baby now get into your slide
Ride ride ride and do the Harlem shuffle
Yeah yeah yeah to the Harlem shuffle
Yeah yeah yeah to the Harlem shuffle
Hitch hitch hike baby across the floor
Wo Wo Wo I can't stand it no more
Now come on baby, now get into your slide
Won't you ride ride ride little pony ride
Shake shake shake, shake a tail feather baby
Shake shake shake, shake a tail feather baby
Shake shake shake, shake a tail feather baby
Shake shake shake, shake a tail feather baby
"Ok that's enough"
Yeah yeah yeah do the Harlem shuffle
Yeah yeah yeah do the Harlem shuffle
"It's the only one we can keep warm"
Yeah yeah yeah do the Harlem shuffle
"I got no pay, I got no shoes"
Yeah yeah yeah do the Harlem shuffle
" Harlem shuffle yea I'm gonna shuffle"
Yeah yeah yeah do the Harlem shuffle
Yeah yeah yeah do the Harlem shuffle
Yeah yeah yeah do the Harlem shuffle........ETC
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Pete Townshend performs "Harlem Shuffle", and this lyric page sits inside the Pete Townshend catalog on LyroVerse.
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