Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Tunesmith Tuesday - "Mess Around" by Ray Charles


Released on June 19, 1953, Mess Around was one of Ray Charles first hits. It starts off with a New Orleans-style boogie piano riff, then seamlessly segues into Charles' distinctive flair.




Ah, you can talk about the pit, barbecue

The band was jumpin', the people too
Ah, mess around
They doin' the mess around
They doin' the mess around,
Everybody doin' the mess around

Ah, everybody was juiced, you can, bet your soul

They did the boogie-woogie, with a steady roll
They mess around
They doin' the mess around
They doin' the mess around,
Everybody doin' the mess around

Now, ah, when I say stop don't you move a peg

When I say go, just ah, shake your leg
And do the mess around
I declare, do the mess around
Yeah do the mess around,
Everybody's doin' the mess around
Now let me have it there boy
Now you got it boy

(Yeah, ah, mess around, go on mess around)

(Mess around, boy)

Now this band's goin' to play from, nine to one

Everybody here's gonna have some fun
Doin' the mess around
Ah, doin' the mess around
They doin' the mess around,
Everybody doin' the mess around

Now you see that girl, with that, diamond ring

She knows how to, shake that thing
Mess around
I declare, she can mess around
Ah, mess around,
Everybody do the mess around

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