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PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Brides of Funkenstein
The Brides of Funkenstein
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
G. Clinton
G. Clinton
Songwriter
Ronald Dunbar
Ronald Dunbar
Songwriter
Rudy Robinson
Rudy Robinson
Percussion Arranger

Lyrics

My granny had a saying, 
"Without humps, there would be no getting over"
You pay for what you get (Oooh)
And hardly ever get what you pay for (Never been to school)
Life's full of ups and downs
You got to find your own high ground
Mother Wit is your connection (Ohhh!)
Use it for your protection (Oh oh, ohh!)
(Mother Wit is all you get in your live-life)
You got to dance to it when you do it
(She never tell you how to live your love life)
Just a little discretion was her only suggestion
(Da-da da da, ba-da-da da da, da da)
It's not such a mean old world
(Da-da da da, ba-da-da da da, da da)
To be happy-go-funky (Happy but funky)
Come alive and get spunky (Come alive and get spunky)
Da da da da da da da (Ha da da da da da da)
And you'll never buy Texas from a cowboy
And never buy a bridge (And never buy a bridge)
While you're in Brooklyn (While you're in Brooklyn)
Oooh, I was raised on a farm
Way back up in the woods
With thirteen children
(Never been to school)
But Granny had a saying, 
Mother Wit, she called it, 
"'Never been to school' is no reason to be a fool"
To be happy-go-funky (Happy-go-funky)
Come alive and get spunky (Come alive and get spunky)
Da da da da da da da (Da da da da da da da!)
And you'll never buy Texas from a cowboy
And never buy a bridge (And never buy a bridge)
While you're in Brooklyn (While you're in Brooklyn)
Mother Wit is all you got, you got to trust your funk
Mother Wit is all you got, you got to trust your funk
Mother Wit is all you got, you got to trust your funk
If you can't dance through it – don't do it!
If you can dance, and get through to it – do it!
When reason just don't make no sense, you got to use your funk
When using sense is not enough, you've got to use your funk
Though Mother Wit is a kind of nonsense, it helps you over the hump!
If you can't dance to it – don't do it!
But, if you can dance and get through to it – then do it, dearie!
Yippee tai-yai yipee yipee yeah yipee yeah
Can I get wild?
If you can't dance to it – don't do it!
But if you can dance, and get through to it – then do it!
In your live life (In your live life)
Mother Wit is all you get in your love life (In your love life)
Hey! Yeah!
To be happy-go-funky (Happy-go-funky)
Come alive and get spunky (Come alive and get spunky)
Da da da da da da da (Da da da da da da da)
And you'll never buy Texas from a cowboy
And never buy a bridge (And never buy a bridge)
While you're in Brooklyn (While you're in Brooklyn)
To be happy-go-funky! (Happy-go-funky) Ohhhh!
Come alive and get spunky (Come alive and get spunky)
Da da da da da da da (Da da da da da da da!)
And you'll never buy Texas from a cowboy (From a cowboy!)
And never buy a bridge (Never buy a bridge!)
While you're in Brooklyn (While you're in Brooklyn!)
To be happy-go-funky! (Happy-go-funky)
Come alive and get spunky (Come alive and get spunky)
Da da da da da da da (Da da da da da da da!)
And you'll never buy Texas from a cowboy
And never buy a bridge (And never buy a bridge!)
While you're in Brooklyn (While you're in Brooklyn!)
To be happy-go-funky! (Happy-go-funky)
Come alive and get spunky (Come alive and get spunky)
Da da da da da da da (Da da da da da da da!)
And you'll never buy Texas from a cowboy
And never buy a bridge (And never buy a bridge!)
While you're in Brooklyn (While you're in Brooklyn!)
If you think you can dance to it – get to it, get to it
If you think you can dance, and get through to it – then do it, then do it!
Way back!
Oooh, never buy a bridge... while you're in Brooklyn, ooh...
If you think you can dance and get through to it – then do it! Do it!
(Oh, do it, dearie!)
(Uh, way back!)
To be happy-go-funky (Oooh)
Come alive and get spunky
Da da da da da da da
And you'll never buy Texas from a cowboy
And never buy (Ooh, and never buy a bridge)
A bridge while you're in Brooklyn (While you're in Brooklyn, oooh!)
(Mother Wit is all you get in your live-life)
You got to dance to it when you do it
(Never tell you how to live your love life)
Just a little discretion was her only suggestion
{*scatting*}
In your live-life...
In your love life...
{*scatting*}
In your love life!
{*scatting*}
Way back up in the woods
(In your love life...)
Way back!
Never been to school...
In your live-life
Never been to school
In your live-life
Mother Wit is all you get
In your live-life
{*scatting*}
Mother Wit – it's all you get!
In your live-long, your live-long, live-long, live-long, live-long life!
Way back...
Mother Wit goes back...
Hey, hey – through your live-life
{*scatting*}
Hey!!!
To be happy-go-funky! (To be happy-go-funky)
Come alive and get spunky (Come alive and get spunky)
Da da da da da da da (Da! Da da da!)
And you'll never buy Texas from a cowboy (Ooh!)
And never buy a bridge while you're in Brooklyn (Ohh!)
To be happy-go-funky! (To be happy-go-funky)
Come alive and get spunky (Come alive, come alive, yeah, get spunky!)
Da da da da da da da (Da-doo! Da-da-da-da-da!)
And you'll never buy Texas from a cowboy (Way back!)
And never buy a bridge while you're in Brooklyn
(Can I go way back?)
To be happy-go-funky!
Come alive and get spunky
Da da da da da da da
And you'll never buy Texas from a cowboy
And never buy a bridge while you're in Brooklyn
Can I go... way back?!?
Way back!
{*scatting*}
Written by: G. Clinton, Ronald Dunbar
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