Well, I know a cool cat from way downtown

He`s been boppin` all around

In this ole world he`s livin` fast

Someday I`m afraid he`s gonna run outta gas

So if you`re travelin` that way, too

I tell you, friend, what you better do



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Ya gotta stop, look and listen

Hey, ya don`t know what you`re missin`

Ya gotta stop, look and listen

`Cause ya might be missin` kissin`



If you`re trav`lin` slow, you`ll go a long, long way

Now, Farmer Jones, he came to town

And saw that boppin` all around

He learned to do it, there`s no doubt

I`m afraid someday he`ll burn his motor out

So if you`re travelin` that way, too

I tell you, friend, what you better do



[Chorus]



First came the boogie, then the bunny hop

Now the rhumba, samba, then the bop

Well, I don`t know what`s a-comin` next

But this ole world`s in a terrible fix

So if you`re travelin` that way, too

I tell you, friend, what you better do



[Chorus]



Ya gotta stop, look and listen

Ya gotta stop, look and listen

Ya gotta stop, look and listen

Ya gotta stop