| I got a backbone |
| It’s made to rock |
| But I wanna know, what your backbone for |
| You move like a statue, like a wooden statue |
| You move like a statue on the dance floor |
| Mercy Mercy Mercy |
| Mercy Mercy Mercy |
| Let me give you a tip |
| You’ve got to loosen your hip |
| Make like a snake is crawling on your backbone |
| Shimmy on down, you got to shimmy on down |
| Bend your knees 'til they almost touch the ground |
| Do |
| The backbone slip |
| The backbone slip |
| The backbone slip |
| Yeah you got to get on |
| The backbone slip |
| The backbone slip |
| The backbone slip |
| Yeah you got to get |
| Do |
| The backbone slip |
| The backbone slip |
| The backbone slip |
| Yeah you got to get on |
| The backbone slip |
| The backbone slip |
| The backbone slip |
| Yeah you got to get |
| I know something and its name is soul |
| It start on the inside and then you start to roll |
| You got to get that rhythm, you got to feel that beat and then it gonna move |
| from your head to your feet |
| Do |
| The backbone slip |
| The backbone slip |
| The backbone slip |
| Yeah you got to get on |
| The backbone slip |
| The backbone slip |
| The backbone slip |
| Yeah you got to get |
| Do the backbone slip |
| Do the backbone slip |
| Do the backbone slip |
| Do the backbone slip |
| Do the backbone slip |
| Do the backbone slip |
| Do the backbone slip |
| Do the backbone slip |
| Do the backbone slip |
| Do the backbone slip |
| Do the backbone slip |