[Verse 1]
I get the blues, I get me a rockin' chair
I get the blues, I get me a rockin' chair
Well, the blues overtake me, gonna rock right away from here
[Verse 2]
I get lonesome, I jump on the telephone
I get lonesome, I jump right on the telephone
Call my baby, tell her I'm on my way back home
[Chorus]
Yeah, flip, flop and fly
I don't care if I die
Flip, flop and fly
I know the reason why
Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
[Verse 3]
Here comes my baby, flashin' her new gold tooth
Here comes my baby, flashin' her new gold tooth
She's so small, she can mambo in a pay phone booth
[Chorus]
Flip, flop and fly
I don't care if I die
Flip, flop and fly
I know the reason why
Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye (Yeah, swing)
[Piano Solo]
[Chorus]
Flip, flop and fly
I don't care if I die
Flip, flop and fly
I know the reason why
Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
[Verse 4]
I'm like a Mississippi bullfrog sittin' on a hollow stump
I'm like a Mississippi bullfrog sittin' on a hollow stump
I got so many women, I don't know which way to jump
[Chorus]
Yeah, flip, flop and fly
I don't care if I die
Flip, flop and fly
I know the reason why
Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
[Verse 5]
Got in the morning [?] ten feet high
I [?]
Don't you see [?]
[?] fresh you are
Flip, flop, flip, flop and fly
I don't care if I die
[Chorus]
Yeah, flip, flop and fly
I don't care if I die
Flip, flop and fly
I know the reason why
Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
Bye, bye, bye
Bye-bye
Flip, Flop and Fly was written by Lou Willie Turner & Jesse Stone.
Flip, Flop and Fly was produced by Norman Granz.