Before I was born, late one night My papa said everything's alright The doctor paid, mama laid down With a semitone bouncing all around 'Cause the bebop stork was about to arrive Mama gave birth to the hand-jive I could barely walk when I moved to town When I was three, I pushed a plow While chopping wood, I move my legs And I started the dance while I gathered eggs Bowed and clapped, I was only five And I danced 'em all, he's born to hand-jive Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah - everybody Born to hand-jive, baby, born to hand-jive, baby - yeah How low can you go, how low can you go How low can you go, how low can you go Higher, higher, higher and higher Now can you hand-jive, baby, oh can you hand-jive, baby Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah, born to hand-jive, oh, yeah!