BORN TO BOOGIE 

WRITERS JASON ELGIN, TOM FULLER



I was born in a shack in West Tennessee

I picked that cotton down upon my knees

The sun got hotter each and every day

But me and my brothers kept a-pickin' away

Seemed like the sun would never go down

So we could clap our hands and gather around

And do the boogie (boogie)

Yeah, I learned the rhythm (boogie woogie rhythm)

And it wasn't very long

Till I was doin' the boogie woogie rhythm

Well, I prayed all week for Saturday night

Turn my back on the sun and put the sack out of sight

Take the long dusty road into town

My feet kept the rhythm as I walked the hot ground

But nothing could keep me from my favourite spot

Where the chicks were a-waitin' and the music was hot

Born to boogie (boogie)

Lord, I got the rhythm (boogie woogie rhythm)

And it wasn't very long

Till I done the boogie woogie rhythm

(Like this I did the boogie)

Well, Monday morning was always bad

But it was worth it all for the time I had

Lord oh Lordy, how I wish it would rain

Just the sun have mercy on a country boy's pain

But I make believe everything's all right

Gonna do it again come Saturday night

I do the boogie (boogie)

Yeah-yeah, with lots of rhythm (boogie woogie rhythm)

Lord, I learned to move by doin' that boogie woogie rhythm

Born to boogie, yeah

Born to boogie, yeah, full of rhythm

Born to boogie, yeah, one more time