Well now when I get the blues, gonna get me a rockin' chair Well now when I get the blues, gonna get me a rockin' chair When the blues overtake me, gonna rock right away from here Now when I get lonesome I get on the telephone Now when I get lonesome I get on the telephone Well, I call my baby, tell her I'm on my way back home Well, flip, flop and fly I don't care if I die Flip, flop and fly I don't care if I die Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye Give me one last kiss; hold it a long, long time Give me one last kiss; hold it a long, long time Well, hold that kiss 'til I feel it in my head like wine
Well, here come my baby, flashin' a new gold tooth Well, here come my baby, flashin' a new gold tooth Well, she's so small she can mambo in a pay phone booth Well, flip, flop and fly I don't care if I die Flip, flop and fly I don't care if I die Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye Lou Marini! Well, like a Mississippi bullfrog sittin' on a hollow stump Well, like a Mississippi bullfrog sittin' on a hollow stump I got so many women I don't know which way to jump Well, flip, flop and fly I don't care if I die Flip, flop and fly I don't care if I die Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye