Function at the Junction

[Intro]
I'm getting ready for the function at the junction
Baby, you'd better come on right now

[Verse 1]
Because everybody's gonna be there
You got people coming from everywhere
You got Ling Ting Tong from China
Long Tall Sally from Carolina
We got 007, the private eye
Bringing all the guys from "I, Spy"

[Pre-Chorus]
Come on, one, come all
Gonna have a ball

[Chorus]
Down at the function at the junction
Baby, you'd better come on right now

[Verse 2]
We serving egg foo yung and barbecue
We got chicken dumplings, baby, and kidney stew
A hip, big fun 'til the break of dawn
We gonna shake a tailfeather, shoot it 'fore he run
Pull a shotgun on a rooster, and dare him to crow
'Cause if anybody's sleepin', make 'em get out on the floor

[Pre-Chorus]
Tell Becky, tell Ben
If they're home, tell them

[Chorus]
About the function at the junction
Tell them that they better come on right now
Tell them 'bout the function at the junction
Baby, tell them they better come on right now
Ow, ow, ow

[Verse 3]
All the soul brothers, Jitterbugs
Hip cats and crazy hats
Pretty girls with pretty smiles
All decked out in the latest styles
Marvin Gaye and Guitar Slim
Betty Boop and ooo-boop-e-doop
Mohair Sam from Alabam'
Minnesota Fats from Hobo Flats
Breathtakin' hip-shakin' cutie pies
From a fascination devastating beauty line
They all be gathering here, from far and near

[Outro]
For the function at the junction
I'm tellin' them they better come on right now
Tell 'em 'bout the function at the junction
Tell 'em that they better come on right now
Tell 'em 'bout the function at the junction
Tell 'em that they gotta come on right now