she was a woman of mystery   and what she wanted i could not see   a three-year trip on the dragon   until the clinic had to get me clean   we were a party and always drunk   before i knew it the wreckage sunk   shake, trip, shimmy and we'd do the bump   everybody swingin' to the brown derby jump      the beautiful life is always damned   you gotta fall in to the quicksand   a deadly kiss from a temptress can serve   to make a truly wayward man   she's not a talker her teeth are fixed   but she's a looker that lives for kicks   a nightmare straight from an otto dix   everybody swingin' with the brown derby chicks      they do the jump   they do the jump   everybody do the jump   they do the jump   they do the jump      (horn solos)      i've come a long way and now i'm me   the darkest river that meets the sea   and all those lights on the harbor seem   to be sparklin' in bittersweet   i'm a survivor my heart is tough   i'm hangin' in there and that's enough   shake, trip, shimmy and you do the bump   everybody swingin' to the brown derby jump      we do the jump   we do the jump   we do the jump   everybody do the jump