Dr. Heckyll works late at the laboratory   Where things are not as they seem   Dr. Heckyll wishes nothing more desperately   Than to fulfill his dreams      Letting loose with a scream in the dead of night   As he's breaking new ground   Trying his best to unlock all the secrets   But he's not sure what he's found      Dr. Heckyll is his own little guinea pig   'Cos they all think he's mad   Sets his sights on the search of a lifetime   And he's never, never sad      Whoa oh, it's off to work he goes   In the name of science and all its wonders      This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive   They are a person who feels good to be alive   This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive   Believes the underdog will eventually survive      Not long now till the ultimate experiment   He's breaking all the rules   He wants to cure all matter of imbalance   In this world of fools      He locks the door and looks around nervously   He knows there's no one there   He drinks it down and waits for some reaction   To all his work and care      Hey, hey he fumbles for what to say   He loves the world except for all the people      This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive   They are a person who feels good to be alive   This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive   Believes the underdog will eventually survive      Whoa, oh, it's out at night he goes   He sips easily into conversation   Hey hey, he's cool in every way   Sometimes he likes to sing that old black magic      This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive   They are a person who feels good to be alive   This is the story of Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive   Believes the underdog will eventually survive