mess around

• ray charles, ilk hiti "i got a woman" ile patlama yapmış olsa da bu şarkı onun çıkış şarkısıdır.
  
  sözlerini de yazayım tam olsun
  
  ah, you can talk about the pit, barbecue
  the band was jumpin', the people too
  ah, mess around
  they doin' the mess around
  they doin' the mess around,
  everybody doin' the mess around
  ah, everybody was juiced, you can, bet your soul
  they did the boogie-woogie, with a steady roll
  they mess around
  they doin' the mess around
  they doin' the mess around,
  everybody doin' the mess around
  now, ah, when i say stop don't you move a peg
  when i say go, just ah, shake your leg
  and do the mess around
  i declare, do the mess around
  yeah do the mess around,
  everybody's doin' the mess around
  now let me have it there boy
  
  [piano solo]
  
  now you got it boy
  
  [sax solo]
  
  (yeah, ah, mess around, go on mess around)
  (mess around, boy)
  now this band's goin' to play from, 9 to 1
  everybody here's gonna have some fun
  doin' the mess around
  ah, doin' the mess around
  they doin' the mess around,
  everybody doin' the mess around
  now you see that girl, with that, diamond ring
  she knows how to, shake that thing
  mess around
  i declare, she can mess around
  ah, mess around,
  everybody do the mess around