Lyrics

[Intro] Clap your hands, everybody, everybody clap your hands Clap your hands, everybody, everybody clap your hands Clap your hands, everybody, everybody clap your hands Clap your hands, everybody, everybody clap your hands Clap your hands, everybody, everybody clap your hands [Chorus] Welcome to the lifeboat party, child Invitation only for the rank and file [Verse 1] Glad you wore your Gabardine and pinstripes Ain't no kind of jeans allowed Glad you brought a bottle and not your wife And avoid some dangerous crowds [Chorus] Welcome to the lifeboat party, child Invitation only for the rank and file [Verse 2] Go on over and say hello to Charlie He'll let you blow his saxophone Don't linger in the door like Veronica Lake Leave the colored guys alone [Chorus] Welcome to the lifeboat party, child Invitation only for the rank and file Oh, welcome to the lifeboat party, child Celebration' just for the rank and file Jumpin' Jones... [Verse 3] Oh, Monica's been making every man in sight But, now she say's enough is enough This party is in honor of the will to survive So, Monica you mustn't give up [Chorus] Welcome to the lifeboat party, child Invitation only for the rank and file Welcome to the lifeboat party, child Never give it up, no way no how You got to know somebody [Riffs] Shut the window, close the door Someone's dancing a two and four You got to know somebody, over there You got to know somebody, over there You got to know somebody, over there You got to know somebody, over there Sometimes I like to take it on the lam (Say what?) Sometimes I like it when the band jams (Say what?) Sometimes I like to take it on the lam (Say what?) Sometimes I like it when the band jams (Say what?) Sometimes I like it when the band jams (Say what?) [?] [Instrumental Break] Rip it Jones [Solo] Shot, shoot your shot Shot, shoot your shot Shot [Outro] Now....a family affair Now....a family affair Now....a family affair Now....a family affair Never give it up no way, no how (Never) Oooh, baby (Never) Oooh Darling (Never) Oooh baby (Never) Darling, darling (Never) Darling, darling (Never)