Don’t Take Five (Take What You Want)

Lyrics

[Intro] The J.B.'s live and bad [Verse 1] I was out doing shopping one morning in May Getting all the provisions for that nuclear day Apples, oranges, mangos and pears Fresh from the store in the miles of chairs I was pushing my trolley from detergent to cheese When I first saw the man with antler ears I tried to ignore but his gaze held my eyes When he told me the truth about the basket of lies [Chorus] Don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want [Verse 2] So I told him some more about me and Rock How we formed a band just around the block How we'd searched for years for this African tribe I'd been lost with the diamonds down Solomon's mines From the way he was dressed with his shield and spears He was obviously a man with very few fears So I asked him to join us in the quest for our Grail Leave the bike out behind with the unopened mail [Chorus] Don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want [Interlude] [Chorus] Don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want [Verse 3] We set the date for the very next day We cashed our Giros and we're on our way The JAMs don't mess and the JAMs don't sway We told Mandy Smith she could stop or stay So we crossed the Sahara in a runner we stole From a Bedouin tribe just out on parole Gadaffi said "Hi" so we blew his mind When we sold him the secrets of Solomon's mines [Chorus] Don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want Don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want I said don't take five, take what you want [Outro] Same beat Same beat Same beat Same beat Same beat Same beat Same beat Same— Same beat Same beat Same— —beat Same—