Trombipulation (1981)
(transcription by Mike Theiss, edits by Rob Clough)
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Track List (links jump to lyrics for that song):
Crush It
Trombipulation
Long Way Around
Agony Of Defeet
New Doo Review
Let's Play House
Body Language
Peek-A-Groove
Crush It
Well alright, slickery dickery snout,
HUH! Get it!
Eenie meenie miney tootie
Ring around the blow-sie, hah!
This is Sir Nosy
Bo bum bee-ah-dat, dah da dah da daah doe-dah-dut (Huh)
Bo bum bee-ah-dat, Di-ig (Huh get it uh come on)
Bo bum bee-ah-dat, dah da dah da daah doe-dah-dut (oh)
Bo bum bee-ah-dat, Di-ig (stick it)
Ohhhhh-oh
stick it
Check it out,
While you other mugs have been using your fingers and toes,
I've been picking up things with my nose, can you dig it? Ohh-oh (yeah)
Bo bum bee-ah-dat, dah da dah da daah doe-dah-dut
Bo bum bee-ah-dat, Di-ig (stick it)
Using my membrane, I've been blowing my mind!
This is Sir Nosy time
HUH!
OHH-OH
Slickery dickery snout
Eenie meenie miney tootie
Ring around the blow-zie
This is Sir Nosy
Bo bum, bum, bum, bum, Bo bum, bum, bum,
Bum bum bee-ah-dat, dah-dat, dah-dat, dah-dat, dieee-yah
(x2)
Crush It!
It's time to crush it!
Bo bum bee-ah-dat, dah da dah da daah doe-dah-dut
Bo bum bee-ah-dat, Di-ig
Crush you!
We're going to, crush you!
I'm stuck on Band-Aid, cause Band-Aid's stuck on me, hee hee hee hee he hee
Bo bum, bum, bum, bum, (Dut dah-dut)
Bo bum, bum, bum, (dah-dut, dah-dut dow)
Bum bum bee-ah-dat, dah-dat, dah-dat, dah-dat, dieee-yah
Duh, dah-dat, dah-dat, dah-dat dow
Dah dat da-a-ah dah da da-ah-ahh
Hello people of the world! (Crush you)
Yeah, I am not, Sir Nose (We will crush you)
I will dance, you'll never crush me (Crush you)
OHH NO!!!! I, I will dance! (We will crush you)
And I, Sir Nose Junior promise to keep my nose out of your rump
And I, Sir Nose Junior promise to, give up the funk YO HO HO!!!!
And who's disguised as Clark Kent - why don't you lend me your nose?
Ah-boobay baba babie boogie baby!
OWW!
Lend me your nose (I don't have a nose so I don't know what nose is) (x2)
Yo-huh ho!
Yeah, that's right!
This is Sir Nose No Nose Junior, yeah!
Check it out, people of the world!
I don't want to hesitate, you make me loose my groove
If you think by crushing me, will change my attitude
You'rrrrrrre Right!
I am mad, I'm boring, um, I am steaming, my nuts and bolts are all screwed
up OK? I don't....
Trombipulation
Yeah!
Yeah!
Trombipulation,
Here comes a new revelation (Yeah!)
OOOH! Like the way the baby blows it
Let the nose be nosy (YEAH!)
Trombipulation
Let your body do the talkin',
Let your fingers do the walkin' (YEAH!!)
But for heaven's sake,
Let the wind do the blowin' uh, OW!
(Yut dut duh daht daahh-dah!) (x 3)
They say that it ain't what ya knows it's what ya feel
(but on the real side)
I'll take my real and goes up hill
Give me the real and nose appeal
YEAH!!
Trombipulation (Yut dut duh daht daahh-dah!)
New revelation
We be struggling by the pound
Givin' up plenty of sound
We be funkin' like they thought they were doin'
Let your eyes do the stylin', let your smiler do the smilin'
For heaven's sakes, let the wind do the blowin'
Trombipulation!
Trombipulation, here comes the new revelation (Yeah!!!)
Remember when we were dozy
And let the nose be nosy (Oh Yeah!)
Give me my really nose appeal
I'll stick my nose in any deal (Yeah!)
Let your fingers do the walkin' let your body do the talkin' (YEAH!)
But for heaven's sake, let the wind do the blowin', yeah
Ahh, foot
Tell them Nosy, I was blowin before the wind?
Wasn't I nosy?
Aaaoohh, if your nose is runnin' and your feet are smellin'
You must be upside down, clone!
That ain't cool, fool!
Ahhhh hah-ha hah
With the revelation of this new information
Of our cro-nasal sapien, we'll out-funk Starchild any day or night!
Ahh, ho-ho ho!
Tell them Nosy, wasn't I blowin' before the wind?
(Give me my really nose appeal) (cool)
He'll stick his nose in any deal (Dig! This is the fifth dig!)
Here comes a new revelational ( repeat )
I, Sir Nose D'voidoffunk, wish to declare,
That using the membrane,
I have recalled that my ancestry
Reached far beyond Cro-magnon
In front of neanderthal, ahead of Java
I was jivin' before Piltdown, I am the missing link
Sir Nose D'voidoffunk wish to declare,
I am the funkiest, I am the funkiest, I am the funkiest,
Have always been the funkiest, and I have....
Long Way Around
Ohhh
Fun will run and play in the rain
Fun will run and play
Hey hey, fun will play around
Fun will run and play around
Longer way to run, but it's so much fun
Fun will take the longer way around
You can take a shorter cut
Yes it's quicker but,
Fun will take the longer way around
There's no need to sing "Rain go away"
Fun will play on any kind of day
Fun will run and play in the rain
(Dee-dit dit dit dit doo dah!)
Fun
Fun's a player (Dee-dit dit dit dit doo dah!)
Fun will run, take the longer way around (Fun will run)
They say the difference between two points,
Is shortest in a straight line
Fun will throw a curve every time (hey!)
Hey, hey, hey fuunn will ruuuunnn! (Fun will run and play)
Start your thing on time
Everything is fine (Fun will play around)
There's no need to sing "Rain go away..."
Fun will play on any kind of day
Fun will run and play in the rain
What would fun do?
It would do what?
Howwww, what would fun do? (x4)
Tell me where you run (come on)
Runnin's all the fun (yeah!)
Fun will take the longer way around (x2)
You can take a shorter cut
Yes, it's quicker but
Fun will take the longer way from ground
Fun! Oh child (Fun will run)
Fun (Fun will run)
Fun will run ya'll (Take the longer)
When you take it (way around)
Fun, fun fun HEY!(Fun will run)
(Fun will run)
Fun will run (Take the longer)
Take the longer way around (way around)
(Fun will run)
(Fun will run)
Hey, hey (Take the longer)
take the longer (way around)
There's no need to sing "Rain go away..."
Fun will play, ohh, any time of day, HEY!
Fun (Fun will run)
Fun's a player (Fun's a player)
Fun will run (Fun will run take the longer way around)
Ahh, I'm tellin' you (Fun will run)
I said fun's a player (fun's a player)
Fun will play
And take the longer way around
Lord!
Fun will run
Fun's a player (Fun's a player)
Fun will play
Fun will play around
Fun will run
Fun will play around
Fun will run
Fun's a player
(x2)
Fun will play
On the early morning playground
Fun will run
Fun will take the longer, take the longer way around
Yes it will
Agony Of Defeet
Oh oh, I'm -- man get off my foot, ha-ha!
Said I 'mo take my shoes off (ha ha), and kick up my heels
Just watch me ya'll, umm huh,
Said I 'mo take my shoes off, and kick up my heels
Now here I go, OK hah!
I got some ground work to do (Let's go strollin')
And I need a little support (On the dance floor)
Heel and toe ? ? ?? (Let's go strollin')
And just like the grinner I need just a little more foot, hah!
Tryin' to put a size twelve foot
In a size eight shoe (you know that won't do)
It's like putting on a five dollar hat
On a nickel head (It's about that hat rack)
Now promenade and do-si-do
Take your partner across the floor
Foot stompin time! Heel and toe - sidesteppin'!
HO!
I 'mo take my shoes off (Got to take my shoes)
And kick up my heels
Hey watch me ya'll hear I go
Hey
I 'mo take my shoes off
And kick up my heels
Not with your smelly feet!
See ya, BYE!
Party time
Step on it!
Come on!
Give up a dime! (LORD!)
Cool! (COME ON!)
Hey!
It's Party time!
Step on it!
Come on!
Give up a dime!
Party time!
Come on ya'll
He's got more socks than the ogre there in the corner
I believe it is, it's a toe jam
Are you any kin to Dr. Scholl's
You've got some funny looking toes
You've got some funny looking toes (Where'd you get that toe from?)
Are your toenails over-grown?
Cause ya see
I got ptomaine
And I'm gonna turn it loose on the dance floor
And I'm gonna spread my groove all over you
I got a ??? big blue
Heh, yeah
I'm gonna take my shoes off (yeah!)
I got to take my shoes off (yeah) (x 4)
Party time!
Step on it!
Come on!
Pick up a dime!
Cool! Hey!
It's party time!
Step on it!
Come on!
Pick up a dime!
Party time!
Yo, High toe Silver, away!
Lookin' for athletic feet
This is a toe jam session (hahahah)
I 'mo take my shoes off
Oooh, oooooh-ooooooh, oohhhhhh (x6)
I 'mo take my shoes off
And kick up my heels (I've got to take my shoes off)
Now watch it now, here I go. Here I go ya'll, look at me, haha
I'm gonna take my shoes off
and kick up my heels (I've got to take my shoes off)
Oh no not this smelly feet
I'm gonna take my shoes off (ho-ho)
I've got to take my shoes off (yeahh, whooo-ooo)
The Foot Stranger here, I'm looking for toe-jam
Come on Pronto (yeah!)
I'm gonna take my shoes off (Got to take my shoes off)
To kick up my heels
Now just watch me ya'll now, here I go, WHOAHH!
Said I 'mo take my shoes off (Got to take my shoes off)
Kick up my heels? (I got to take my shoes off)
Come on Donny, Come on Donny!
Yeahhhhh-woooooo!
I'm gonna take my shoes off and kick up my heels
(I 'mo take my shoes off)
It's about that...................mo' better (I got to take my shoes off)
(I 'mo take my shoes off)
(I got to take my shoes off)
Yeaaaaah-hooo! (I 'mo take my shoes off)
I got my shoes off (I got to take my shoes off)
I got my shoes off
Said, I 'mo take my shoes off (hahahaha)
New Doo Review
Ewww, Ewwwww, Ohhh, play the game
To play the game, if you win the game (you've got to win)
It's the new doo review (got the game now how do we play it?)
Comin', comin', comin'
Comin' for you (gonna do the new doo day to day)
It's the new doo review (what would funkers do?)
Comin', comin', comin' (they do what they gotta do)
I wanna do what funk do
I wanna do what funkers do
Do the new doo until it's done
(-?????- sounds like Jessica Cleaves)
Comin, comin', comin' (Do I have a new doo day to day?)
If a little dab won't do ya (Why use Brylcream? It's nothing but water)
If a little dab won't do ya (Your new doo come undone)
If a little dab won't do ya
Go do the new doo day to day
Can you guess who I am?
I was blowin' before the wind
I was before cro-magnon and cro-neanderthal, jivin' before java
Fresh out of monkey-hood
Can you guess who I am?
Wiggle my monkey
Monkey see monkey do (I didn't want to do it
(you made me do it)
Monkey see monkey do (They lied to you. It goes like
this: "If you fakes the funk
your lip will grow")
Ah - ha -ha
Ah - ha ha ha ha ha
(They lied to you. If you fake the funk your lip will grow)
[This sound ?]
(.....fresh out of monkey-hood)
Blow says the Nose you're growing
[This sound ?]
I will never dance, I will never blow my doo.
Ha ha! The New Doo Review!
Coming, coming, coming
Coming for you
It's the new doo review (x2)
You play the game
If you win the game (stop playing)
Coming, coming, coming
Coming for you
It's the new doo review
Got the game now how do we play it?
Coming, coming, coming
Coming for you
It's the new doo review
Gonna do the new doo, day to day
Coming, coming, coming
Coming for you
It's the new doo review
Dippity doo da day
Dippity doo da day
Dippity doo da day
Coming, coming, coming
Coming for you
It's the new doo review
DIPPITY DOO DA DAY!
A little dab will do ya
[It's done?]
(Don't) let me catch ya with your doo undone
No, no
It's time
[-?- (Garry)] [ -???- (Brides)]
(Don't) let me catch ya,
Don't let me catch ya with your do undone, no
Don't get me with your doo undone, no
It's the new doo review coming after you (x2)
If a little dab won't do ya (If a little dab won't do ya)
If a little dab won't do ya (If just a little dab won't do you, If just
a little dab won't do ya)
Dippity do da day
Dippity do da day (x4)
If a little dab won't do ya (x5)
It's the new doo review
Got the game now how do we play it?
Gonna do the new doo day to day
Comin', comin', comin' Comin' for you
It's the new doo review
Don't let me see you when your doo come undone, no!
Comin', comin', comin' Comin' for you
It's the new doo review
Dippitty do da day
Dippitty do da day
(x3)
Don't let me see you when your doo come undone (x3)
Let's Play House
Come to me baby
Ahh sexy lady
I'd get a thrill if you'd say you will
Come here baby (x2)
Let's play house, babe (Come here pretty baby)
Be my spouse, babe (Eww! Sexy lady)
I'd get a thrill if you'd say you will
Let's play house, baby
Do it with me baby!
Gimme the music (Let's play house, baby)
Gimme the music (Let's play house, girl)
Somebody-done-somebody-wrong song, gimme the music
Gimme that baby-come-back-home song, gimme the music
Let's play house, baby
Gimme the bop, be-bop slop, but gimme the music
Let's play house girl
Gimme that old-fashion dancehall, gimme the music
I'd get a thrill, If you'd say you will
(Gimme a lullaby)
(Gimme a lullaby, give me a by and by oh by and by oh by)
(x2)
I'll get a thrill if you say you will
(Gimme a lullaby)
(Gimme a lullaby, give me a by and by oh by and by oh by)
(x2)
Let's play house, baby
Let's play house, girl
I'd get a thrill if you say you will (Give me a lullaby)
Lord
( ? ... cookien?) by the music (repeated)
Raindrops in your will, say
(?)
And Oh yeah -- I'm with the band
For I am the music
Sheet music to be precise
And oh yeah I don't care to precise
I play by ear, I've always wanted to be in a band
(Give me the music)
Encore! You want more?
(Gimme that somebody-done-somebody-wrong song,
gimme the music)
Gimme that get me off, turn me on song, gimme the music
I'll give you the bop, be bop slop, cause I am the music
Gimme that turn me up, bring it on song, gimme the music
Uh - can't you read me? -- uh sheet music baby
Also, (?) if you know what I'm talkin' about baby
Body Language
Ohh, you can shake it to the east
You can shake it to the west
You can shake it the way that express you the best
But remember, when actions is overheard
One picture is worth a thousand words
Body language
And I heard that
Body language
Talkin' ain't sayin' a word
Picture ain't gettin' it heard
Body language
Body language
Talk to me
Just when you find you'd lend an ear
You find it took your eyes to make it clear
What it is her mouth was trying to say
Ohhh, when the words got in the way
Talk to me
Just rappin'
(Now picture this)
Talk to me
Just rappin'
(Talkin ain't sayin a word)
Talk to me, Just rappin'
Talkin' ain't sayin a word
Picture ain't gettin it heard
Wo-wo-wo wo-wo-wo wo-wo-wo-wo-wo (x2)
Wow wow wow~
Body language (x3)
Talkin' ain't sayin' a word
Body language
Picture ain't gettin' it heard
Talk to me
Talk to me
Talk to me
Just rappin'
Talk to me
Talkin ain't sayin a word (Talkin' ain't sayin' a word)
Picture ain't gettin' it heard (Picture ain't gettin' it heard)
Singing and shout, tell me what it's all about
Talkin' out loud and ain't sayin a word
Please don't let me be misoverheard
Body language
Talk to me
Body language
Rap to me
Body language
Speak to me
Body language
Slave to me
In body language
Talkin' ain't sayin' a word
Baby won't you speak to me?
Talk to me in body language, girl (Talkin' ain't sayin a word)
Talkin' ain't sayin a word
Sing it and shout, tell me what it's all about
Talkin' out loud and ain't sayin' a word
Please don't let me be misoverheard
Talkin' ain't sayin a word
Pictures ain't gettin' it heard
Just when you thought you had made it clear
You find it took your eyes to make 'em hear
What it was your mouth was tryin' to say
Ohhh, when the words got in the way
Baby, won't ya speak to me
Talk to me (Talk!)
In body language (ohh!)
Rap to me (Rap on me)
In body language (The way you move your sexy body)
Speak to me (Speakin'!)
In body language (oh, ho-ho)
Talkin' ain't sayin a word (and the picture's not gettin' it heard)
You can shake it to the east, oh-hoho, or
You can shake it to the west (whoo-ohh)
the one who funks you the best (whoo-ohhh, aiii)
Just rappin' (x2)
Talkin' ain't sayin' a word
Picture ain't gettin it heard
Talk to me in body language (lay it on me)
Rap to me in body language (why don't ya speak to me)
Speak to me in body language, talkin' ain't sayin a word
Talk to me in body language (Speak!)
Rap to me in body language (Why don't ya speak to me)
Speak to me in body language
Talkin' ain't sayin' a word
Peek-A-Groove
Bring me that groove and that thing that you shake
(Oh! shake it to me baby)
Thing that you shake, thing that you shake
Bring me that groove and that thing that you shake
(To me, bring it to me baby)
Thing that you shake, thing that you shake
(The way that you shake that thing)
Bring me that groove and that thing that you shake
Thing that you shake, thing that you shake
Can we, can we take you all the way
Can we peek a groove?
(x2)
Can we, can we take you all the way
We don't need the night, to do what we feel is right
Vanish from your eyesight in broad daylight, yeah!
We don't almost move you
Can we, can we take you all the way?
Can we turn you out?
(x2)
Can we, can we take you all the way?
We don't need the night, to do what we feel is right
Vanish from your eyesight in broad daylight
We can peek a groove
We don't almost move you
Bring me that groove and that thing that you shake, thing that you shake
I recall with good feelin' my childhood days
A little old man with the groove
Every year at this time he would come to my mind
He was searchin' for the grooveless, less the groove
He said "Bring me that groove and that thing that you shake!"
We don't almost move you
Can we, can we take you all the way
Can we blow your mind?
Ooohhh could we, should we take you all the way?
Oh and in time
Heyyy
Can we, can we move you night and day?
Can we peek a groove (doo doo doo)
Can we, can we take you all the way out? (doo doo doo)
You'll be out of sight
We don't need the night to do what we feel is right
Vanish from your eyesight in broad daylight
We can peak a groove all night
We don't almost move you
We are here to groove you
We don't almost move you
Can we? (Can we?) (x3)
May we? (May we?)
We don't almost move you
Can we (Can we get the funk on me)
Can we take you all the way (Bring me that thing you shake)
Can we peek a groove (Got what it takes to MOVE YA!)
Can we, Can we (Baby, bring me that thing ya shake) take you all
The way (Come get this funk out me)
Can we peek a groove (Got what it takes to MOVE YA! WHOO!)
Can we, can we take you all the way (Owww! Move it baby!)
Can we peek a groove? (I got a thang for you! Uhh!)
Can we, can we take you all the way (Move me baby)
(Can you move me baby?)
I got a thing for you (x2)
I'm a mover baby
I'm a mover
I said watch me
I'm a groover
I said thank me
Lord! I'm a mover
Come on and groove me baby!
Whooo!! (tut-tut)
It ain't about me movin' you or not
Hey I want you and all that you got
Cause I'm a mover baby
Hey, oh lord
It ain't debatable
Whether my music will move your behind
Yeahh!
Cause my music will move you and all that is on your mind
Oh I'm, Oh I'm, Oh I'm, hey I'm a mover, babe
I'll move this way, I'll move that way
I'll move this day, I'll move that day
Cause I'm a mover baby
Ahhhhh!
Oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well, I'm a mover baby
I said I'll move this way, I'll move that way
I'll move this day, yes, I'll move that day, lord
And I, lord, I, ah Ha ha
I'm a mover. I oh, I, hahaha
I'm a mover baby