Joe Tex - Skinny Legs And All Lyrics
<Party atmosphere throughtout song>unks:'Moving out to you, now''Ah, I don't hear it''Hold it right there''I'm holding'Intro: instrumental<applause>Spoken:Say, man!Don't walk ahead of that womanLike she don't belong to youJust 'cause her got them little skinny legsYou know that ain't no way to do.<crowd laughter>You didn't act like that when ya had it homebehind closed do's!AlrightNow, you act like you ashamed of the womanDon't even want nobody to know she's yo'sBut that's, alrightYou just walk on, baby!(hup, hup)H'uh!And don't you worry about a doggone thing, a'tol(hup, hup)Because there's some man, somewherewho'll take youBaby, skinny legs and all<crowd laughter>'I swear!'Keep on walkin', baby(Hup, hup)Show ya what I'm talkin' aboutListen to this:(harmonica)Now, who'll take the woman with the skinny legs?(Try, Leroy)Stand right there baby, I'm 'on give you awayin a minute.Come on, somebody please take the lady withthe skinny legs?(I don't 'wan 'em!)Now, ya'all know the lady with skinny legsgot to have somebody too, now.(No, I don't wanna help that person!)<crowd laughter>Will somebody, please take the lady withthe skinny legs, please?(Ay, Joe!)Yeah, Bobby(Why don't you take her?)She ain't no fool!I don't want no woman with no skinny legsLook here!I thought about givin' this woman to ClydeBut, noSay, I know the kind-a women Clyde likeOl' Leroy'll take her.Say, LEROY!You got her!(funky horns & instrumental)<applause>Say, Miss SweetieNow, why you wan' act like that manain't yo's?Just 'cause he's walkin' with youWith them raggedy clothes?Man just forgot to get his suit outta the cleanersthat's all.Alright!Alright!(harmonica)Ya act like that man don't belong to ya.Go on over there and kiss 'em andhold his hand.Unk: 'Go over there and squeeze your man'Unk man: 'I'd like to have her squeeze my hand'Uh!Say you ain't gon' do what?Unk: 'I likes it'(Unk man w/woman-like voice) 'I say later, ho''That's alrightYou just walk on, mister!(Thank you, you're welcome!)And don't you worry about a doggone thing a'tol(Hup, Hup)Because there's some womanSomewhere, who'll take youMr. Raggedy Clothes and all.Yes they will.Just keep on walkin'(Hup, Hup)H'uh!(Hup, Hup)H'uh!(Hup, Hup)Don't be ashamed a-what you got.<applause>FADES-(Hup, Hup)(Hup, Hup)Just sayin', what girl's that you dropped wouldn't tell you.~
