Turn the Beat Around

Turn the beat around

Love to hear percussion

Turn it upside down

Love to hear percussion

Love to hear it

Blow horns, you sure sound pretty

Your violins keep movin' to the nitty gritty

But, when you hear the scratch of the guitars scratchin'

Then you'll know that rhythm carries all the action

Woah

Turn the beat around (Turn it around, yeah)

Love to hear percussion (Yeah, yeah, hey, hey)

Turn it upside down (Hey, hey, hey, yeah)

Love to hear percussion (My, my, my, my, my)

Love to hear it (Got to hear it)

Turn the beat around (Go on, go go, go, go on, girl)

Love to hear percussion (Move your feet when you feel the beat, yeah)

Turn it upside down (Hey, yeah, yeah)

Love to hear percussion (Whoa)

Love to hear it

Flute player, play your flute 'cause

I know that you wanna get your thing off

But you see I've made up my mind about it

Got to be the rhythm, no doubt about it, woah, woah

'Cause when the guitar player start playing

With the syncopated rhythm, with the "scratch, scratch, scratch"

Makes me wanna move my body, yeah, yeah, yeah

And when the drummer starts beating that beat

He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm

With the "rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat" on the drums, hey

Turn the beat around (Ooh-ooh, I'm talkin' 'bout the beat)

Love to hear percussion (Ah, my, my, my, my, my)

Turn it upside down (Oh-oh, yeah)

Love to hear percussion (Love to hear the beat, nah-nah)

Love to hear it

Love to hear it (Whoa)

Love to hear it

Love to hear it (Hey)

(Oh, turn it around) Turn the beat around

Love to hear percussion

(Yeah, turn it upside down) Turn it upside down, love to hear percussion

(Oh, yeah) Love to hear it

Turn the beat around (Love to hear the beat, and watch you move your feet)

Love to hear percussion (Oh, got to move, got to move, got to move)

Turn it upside down (Turn it around)

Love to hear percussion (Yeah)

When the guitar player start playing

With the syncopated rhythm, with the "scratch, scratch, scratch"

Makes me wanna move my body, yeah, yeah, yeah

And when the drummer starts beating that beat

He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm

With the "rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat" on the drums, hey

Turn around, around, around, around

Turn it upside down, down, down, yeah

Turn the beat around

Turn it upside down

Oh-oh, hey

Turn the beat around (Ooh-ooh)

Love to hear percussion (Got to hear it)

Turn it upside down (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Love to hear percussion (My, my, my, my)

Turn the beat around (Turn around, yeah)

Love to hear percussion (Love to hear it, yeah)

Turn it upside down (Hey, hey, hey)

Love to hear percussion (Got to, got to, got to hear the beat)

Turn the beat around (Got to, got to hear the beat)

Got to, got to, got to hear the drummer

Love to hear percussion (Hey go, go, go, go, mama, yeah)

Turn it upside down (Hey, hey, yeah, ha, ha, hey)

Love to hear percussion (Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, yeah, ooh, ah, ooh, know you got the beat)

Turn the beat around (Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, all about the beat)

Love to hear percussion (All about the beat, turn the beat around, yeah)

Turn it upside down (Keep it whirring, keep it whirring, keep it moving, moving, yeah)

Love to hear percussion (Oh-oh)

Turn the beat around (Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, yeah)

Love to hear percussion (Oh-oh)

Turn it upside down

Love to hear percussion (Got, got, got to hear it)

Turn the beat around (Yeah, ma, ma, ma, ma, yeah)