Got to have you, baby, even
though you say that you don't care
Got to have you, baby, even
though you say that you don't care
Any way you want it,
settle for a backdoor love affair

Jump, jump here, jump, jump there,
jump, jump, baby, everywhere
Don't you mellow down easy,
babe, you got to mellow down easy
Don't you mellow down easy
Got to mellow down easy
Don't you mellow down easy
Got to mellow down easy, babe
Don't you mellow down easy
Got to mellow down easy
Don't you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top

Shake, shake here, shake, shake there,
shake, shake, baby, everywhere
Don't you mellow down easy,
babe, you got to mellow down easy
Don't you mellow down easy
Got to mellow down easy
Don't you mellow down easy
Got to mellow down easy, babe
Don't you mellow down easy
Got to mellow down easy

Is everybody feelin' good? You makin' us feel good, too!
Now, early this morning I got on that long distance telephone
and I called my mama
I said, "Mama, this is your boy, and I'm way down here in
New Orleans, Louisiana"
And she said, "That's all right, boy"
And she turned to my papa and she said,
"Papa, our boy's way down there in New Orleans
We cannot let him stay out all night long"
She did!
Long about that time, I heard my papa lean toward my mama
I heard papa tell mama, "Let that boy boogie-woogie"
He said, "It's in him and it's got to come out"

So I went downtown
There's a lot of people there
They was-a really havin' a ball
And I felt so good
Yes, I felt so good
Yes, I felt so good
Yes, I felt so good
Yes, I felt so good
Yes, I felt so good
Yes, I felt so good

Boogie, children!

Boogie, children!

Don't you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top

Shake, shake here, shake, shake there,
shake, shake, baby, everywhere
Don't you mellow down easy,
babe, you got to mellow down easy
Don't you mellow down easy
Got to mellow down easy
Don't you mellow down easy
Got to mellow down easy, babe
Don't you mellow down easy
Got to mellow down easy
Don't you mellow down easy
Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top

Baby baby baby baby, don't you want a man like me?
Uh-huh uh-huh, yes I do, yes I do
Oh, baby baby baby baby, don't you want a man like me?
Uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh
Oh, I give you lovin' by the daytime,
night time you could take good care of me

Baby baby baby baby, don't you want a man like me?
Uh-huh uh-huh, yes I do, yes I do
Oh, baby baby baby baby, don't you want a man like me?
Uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh
Oh, I give you lovin' by the daytime,
night time you could take good care of me

Baby baby baby baby, don't you want a man like me?
Uh-huh uh-huh, yes I do, yes I do
Oh, baby baby baby baby, don't you want a man like me?
Uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh
Oh, I give you lovin' by the daytime,
night time she could take good care of me