[Chorus: James Brown & The J.B.'s]
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight

[Instrumental break]

[Chorus: James Brown & The J.B.'s]
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight

[Refrain: James Brown & The J.B.'s]
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money

[Instrumental break]

[Chorus: James Brown & The J.B.'s]
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
[Bridge: James Brown & The J.B.'s]
They say Freddie's dead
They say Freddie's dead
Freddie's dead; no, he ain't
Freddie's dead (No, he ain't)
Freddie's dead (No, he ain't)
Freddie's dead (No, he ain't)
There's Fred! (There's Fred!)
There's Fred! (There's Fred!)
Fred!

[Fred Wesley trombone solo]

[Refrain: James Brown & The J.B.'s]
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money

[Interlude: Exchange between James Brown and Fred Wesley on trombone]

[Refrain: James Brown & The J.B.'s]
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
I need some money
[Interlude: James Brown]
Take it easy

[Chorus: James Brown & The J.B.'s]
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight

[Interlude: James Brown]
Make it soft
Make it soft
Make it...

[Chorus: James Brown & The J.B.'s]
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight
You can have Watergate, but gimme some bucks and I'll be straight