The Original Tap Dancing Kid

My brother was a thunderbolt
The original tap dancing kid
I would have given anything
Just to sing the way he did
He'd serenade the wayward girls
Beneath the moon and the stars
Sneak down by the water hole
Smokin' one of dad's cigars

The girls were wild about him
Jenny even flipped her lid
My brother was a thunderbolt
The original tap dancing kid

He said he'd blaze a trail around the sun
And no one could hold him back
He'd shoot the rapids on the mighty river
And howl like Wolfman Jack
Thеy give our boy a glad hand
They said "Son, what you gonna do?"
"I'm gonna roam my happy hunting grounds
In my funky pair of canvas shoes"

Thе girls were wild about him
Jenny even flipped her lid
My brother was a thunderbolt
The original tap dancing kid

Now he's just a drifter
And he rides on the tail of the wind
Every time I see the Jackson Five
Well I always think of him
He says "Listen to me brother
Is there hope for a native son?"
Well don't expect no fanfare kid
They only give it to you when you're young

The girls were wild about him
Jenny even flipped her lid
My brother was a thunderbolt
The original tap dancing kid