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There Was a Time

Sharon Jones; The Dap-Kings
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Alright Feeling good, y'all You know what? Right now, I feel like dancing So what I'ma do right now, y'all I'm gonna dance But in order for me to dance There's one song And there's one man That graced this Apollo years ago I'm talking about Mr. James Brown And right now, you know When he danced You see, he's from my hometown And right now, I'm gonna take y'all back And I'm gonna dance But I'm gonna do "There Was a Time" My way, not James Brown way, honey Now there was a time, yeah There was a time Now there was a time, yeah When I used to dance Now listen now In my hometown Where I used to stay And I'm still singing The name of the place, yeah Well, the Augusta G.A Now listen, y'all Down there, we have a good time Sometimes we don't talk, ha I said we all get together Any kind of weather Then we do a dance called the Camel, check it Alright, woo Next dance I'm gonna show y'all We call the dance the pony I want y'all to ride the pony with me But I need a little help I said that can (Yeah) Can I (Yeah) Show them (Yeah) The pony (Yeah) I said let me (Yeah) Ride the (Yeah) Pony (Yeah) Alright, y'all, ride, y'all Feeling good, y'all, yeah Said I'm feeling real good Now listen This next dance I'm gonna show y'all We call the dance the tightener See, Archie Bell and the Drells did the tightener But I'ma tighten up a little bit tighter I need a little help from the band Said that can (Yeah) Can I (Yeah) Show them (Yeah) How to tighten up (Yeah) Let me (Yeah) Show them (Yeah) Give me the tightener music Tightener, tightener music, woo Tightener, yeah Feeling good, y'all, yeah Said I'm feeling real good Now y'all know what? Right now, I feel a little African thing coming on I feel my African roots Coming out of the The Mayo The Mayo's in the house I want you to come on out here, Mayo Come on now The Mayo Show me African Moves I said yeah Come on Let's get down Hit it Come on, Mayo Give it up, Mayo Mayo Wait a minute Uh, got my boots on Wait a minute Right now Let me go on back To my hometown Check this out, y'all I may not do my dance As well as Mr. Brown But you can bet But you can bet But you can bet See, nothing yet Until I do my best I'm gonna try to Get on down Got the groove Got the groove Come on Hey Come on Come on, come on, come on, beat Yeah, yeah, yeah Ow Alright Goodnight, New York I had a ball But I gotta go