Now there's a dance I can see that the kids all do   It's called, 'The Mess Around', you can mess around too   Come on mess around, yeah, it's Mess Around   You do 'The Mess Around', everybody do 'The Mess Around'      Now you see that chick with that diamond ring   She knows how to shake that thing   She can mess around, yeah, she can mess around   She do 'The Mess Around', everybody do 'The Mess Around'      Come on baby, let's mess child, yeah   Ah it's nice, baby, come on!      Now there's a dance that Ray Charles revived   You can do it, it will keep you alive   He does 'The Mess Around', yeah, he does 'The Mess Around'   Come on and mess around, everybody do 'The Mess Around'      Now you see that gal with the red dress on   She'll do the rock and roll, baby, all night long   That's 'The Mess Around', yes it's 'Mess Around'   You do 'The Mess Around', everybody do 'The Mess Around'      Oh, come on and mess baby, yeah you can mess, baby   Oh, now you can mess around, yeah, yeah, you can mess around   Live down, live down to 'The Mess Around'   Everybody do 'The Mess Around'