Daddy started out in San Francisco
Tootin' on his trumpet loud and mean
Suddenly a voice said, "Go forth, Daddy
Spread the picture on a wider screen"
And the voice said, "Brother, there's a million pigeons
Ready to be hooked on new religions
Hit the road, Daddy, leave your common law wife
Spread the religion of the rhythm of life"
And the rhythm of life is a powerful beat
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a...
Tingle in your feet
Rhythm in your bedroom, rhythm in the street
Yes, the rhythm of life is a powerful beat
And the rhythm of life is a powerful beat (To feel the rhythm of life)
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a...
Tingle in your feet (To feel the powerful beat)
Rhythm in your bedroom,
Rhythm in the street (To feel the tingle in your fingers)
Yes, the rhythm of life is a powerful
Beat (To feel the tingle in your feet)
And the rhythm of life is a powerful beat
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet
Rhythm in your bedroom, rhythm in the street
Yes, the rhythm of life is a powerful beat
Daddy spread the gospel in Milwaukee
Took his walkie talkie to Rocky Ridge
Blew his way to Canton then to Scranton
Till he landed under the Manhattan Bridge
Daddy was the new sensation
Got himself a congregation
Built up quite an operation down below
With the pie-eyed piper blowing
While the muscatel was flowing
All the cats were go, go,
Going down below (All the cats were go, go, going down below)
Daddy was the new sensation,
Got himself a congregation (Daddy was the new sensation)
Built up quite an operation down below (Got himself a congregation)
With the pie-eyed piper blowing,
While the muscatel was flowing (Built up quite an operation ...)
All the cats were go, go, going down below(...down below)
With the pie-eyed piper blowing (With the pie-eyed piper blowing)
While the muscatel was flowing (While the muscatel was flowing)
All the cats were go, go,...
Going down below (All the cats were go, go, going down below)
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy (Flip your wings and fly to Daddy)
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy (Flip your wings and fly to Daddy)
Fly, fly, fly to Daddy (Fly, fly, fly to Daddy)
Take a dive and swim to Daddy
Take a dive and swim to Daddy (Take a dive and swim to Daddy)
Take a dive and swim to Daddy (Take a dive and swim to Daddy)
Swim, swim, swim to Daddy (Swim, swim, swim to Daddy)
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy (Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy)
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy (Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy)
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy (Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy)
Crawl, crawl, crawl to Daddy (Crawl, crawl, crawl to Daddy)
And the rhythm of life is a powerful beat
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a...
Tingle in your feet
Rhythm in your bedroom, rhythm in the street
Yes, the rhythm of life is a powerful beat
And the rhythm of life is a powerful beat (To feel the rhythm of life)
Puts a tingle in your fingers and a...
Tingle in your feet (To feel the powerful beat)
Rhythm in your bedroom,
Rhythm in the street (To feel the tingle in your fingers)
Yes, the rhythm of life is a powerful beat
(To feel the tingle in your feet)
To feel the rhythm of life
To feel the powerful beat
To feel the tingle in your fingers
To feel the tingle in your feet
To feel the rhythm of life (To feel the rhythm of life)
To feel the powerful beat (To feel the powerful beat)
To feel the tingle in your fingers
(To feel the tingle in your fingers)
To feel the tingle in your feet (To feel the tingle in your feet)
Flip your wings and fly to Daddy (On and on)
Take a dive and swim to Daddy (You should start to thinking)
Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy (Forever on)
Daddy, we got the rhythm of life (Daddy, we got the rhythm of life)
Of life, of life, of life
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah