[Intro]
Back before the Beatles, back before Elvis
Back when Hank was just learnin' how to sing
Tulsa was dancin' to Bob and Johnnie Lee Wills
A thing they call "Western Swing"
Somethin' in the water, somethin' in the blood
Somethin' 'bout the way the wind blows
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
And this am the way it goes, 2, 3, 4
(Yes indeed, yes indeed)
(That's right, that's right)

[Verse 1]
Up north in Chicago
You've got your authentic blues bands
And way down yonder in New Orleans
They got a thing they call Dixieland
All around this whole wide world
There's one thing that everybody knows
All God's children love the Tulsa shuffle
And this am the way it goes, 2, 3, 4

[Verse 2]
I've been up, I've been down
Headed straight and turned around
I've been up a tree, out on a limb
Amused, abused, enlightened and confused
I've been lost and I've been born again
Through it all, when it's all said and done
There's one thing that everybody knows
All God's children love the Tulsa shuffle
And this am the way it goes, 2, 3, 4
[Outro]
Shuffle on, children, shuffle on