Abbey Lincoln - You Gotta Pay the Band lyrics

Oh, it really isn't easy Just to let the good times roll Everything is measured at a cost Everybody living Pays their share of dues And sometimes what you think you got You lost So ring a ding-ding Do your thing But remember, darling When you give a dance You gotta pay the band The band that played your song the whole night through When you give a dance It's better if you try To pay the piper what the piper's due The moves were free and easy As we danced across the floor The spins and the exchanges Being what the music's for