[Chorus]
Puttin' on the agony, puttin' on the style
That's what all the young folks are doin' all the while
And as we looked around us, we're very apt to smile
To see so many people puttin' on the style

[Verse 1]
Young man home from college makes a great display
With a fancy adjective that he can hardly say
It can't be found in Webster's, it won't be for a while
But we know that he's only puttin' on the style

[Chorus]
Puttin' on the agony, puttin' on the style
That's what all the young folks are doin' all the while
And as we looked around us, we're very apt to smile
To see so many people puttin' on the style

[Verse 2]
Young man in a restaurant puffin' on a pipe
Lookin' like a pumpkin that's only halfway ripe
A-smokin', drinkin', cussin' and thinkin' all the while
That there is nothin' equal to puttin' on the style

[Chorus]
Puttin' on the agony, puttin' on the style
That's what all the young folks are doin' all the while
And as we looked around us, we're very apt to smile
To see so many people puttin' on the style
[Verse 3]
Sweet sixteen, she goes to school just to see the boys
She turns and laughs and giggles at every little noise
She turns this way a little, then she turns that way a while
But everybody knows she's puttin' on that style

[Verse 4]
Preacher in the pulpit shoutin' all his might
Glory Hallelujah, puts the people in a fright
They think that Satan's runnin' up and down the aisle
But it's just the preacher puttin' on the style

[Chorus]
Well, he's puttin' on the agony, puttin' on the style
That's what all the young folks are doin' all the while
And as we looked around us, we're very apt to smile
To see so many people puttin' on the style
Puttin' on the agony, puttin' on the style
That's what all the young folks are doin' all the while
And as we looked around us, we're very apt to smile
To see so many people puttin' on the style