| I was feelin' kind of poorly, ooh
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| And I hadn’t been lookin' too fine
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| I just had to find out
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| What was ailin' this body of mine
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| So I went to my family doctor
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| To get my temperature and set me straight, hey
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| And the first thing he did was to tell me to quit
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| Eatin' every good thing I ate
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| Whoa, and then he told me I had to stop smokin', ooh
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| Lay off of that beer and whiskey
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| He said, «You need all the help you can get, my friend
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| And confidentially»
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| He looked at me, he shook his head
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| And like a friend, he took my hand and he said, ow
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| «Don't boogie woogie when you say your prayers tonight»
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| (Don't boogie woogie, don’t boogie woogie)
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| «I said now, don’t boogie woogie when you say your prayers tonight»
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| (Don't boogie woogie, don’t boogie woogie)
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| «Ooh, you’ve been over-rockin' and that ain’t right
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| You better turn on the Lord when you turn out your light
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| I said, don’t boogie woogie when you say your prayers tonight»
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| (Don't boogie woogie, don’t boogie woogie)
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| Then he wired me up like a spaceman
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| And he turned on that cardiograph
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| The needle went out of sight and the doc turned white
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| And he called in his entire staff
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| Then he cried out in disbelief, ooh
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| And told me with stern conviction
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| He said, «If you don’t live right, son, you’re gonna die
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| Of cholesterol constriction»
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| Yeah, he looked at me, he shook his head
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| «Here's a prescription that I know you’re gonna dread»
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| Then he said
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| «Don't boogie woogie when you say your prayers tonight»
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| (Don't boogie woogie, don’t boogie woogie)
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| «I said now, don’t you boogie woogie, say your prayers tonight»
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| (Don't boogie woogie, don’t boogie woogie)
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| «You've been over-rockin' and that ain’t right
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| You better turn on the Lord when you turn out your light
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| I said now, don’t boogie woogie when you say your prayers tonight»
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| (Don't boogie woogie, don’t boogie woogie)
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| He looked at me and shook his head
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| «Here's a prescription that I know you’re gonna dread»
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| Then he said
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| «Don't you boogie woogie when you say your prayers tonight»
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| (Don't boogie woogie, don’t boogie woogie)
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| «Well, don’t boogie woogie when you say your prayers tonight»
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| (Don't boogie woogie, don’t boogie woogie)
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| «Ooh, you’ve been over-rockin' and that ain’t right
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| You gotta turn on the Lord when you turn out your light
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| Now don’t boogie woogie when you say your prayers tonight» |