| When I was a kid about half past three
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| My ma said: «Daughter, come here to me»
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| Said things may come and things may go
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| But this is one thing you ought to know
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| Oh 't ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it
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| 'T ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it
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| 'T ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it
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| That’s what gets results
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| 'T ain’t what you do it’s the time that you do it
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| 'T ain’t what you do it’s the time that you do it
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| 'T ain’t what you do it’s the time that you do it
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| That’s what gets results
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| You can try hard
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| Don’t mean a thing
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| Take it easy, greasy
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| Then your jive will swing
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| Oh, 't ain’t what you do it’s the place that you do it
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| 'T ain’t what you do it’s the time that you do it
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| 'T ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it
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| That’s what gets results
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| You’ve learned your ABC’s
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| You’ve learned your DFG’s
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| But this is something you don’t learn in school
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| So get your hip boots on
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| And then you’ll carry on
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| But remember if you’re tryin' too hard
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| It don’t mean a thing
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| Take it easy ('T ain’t what you bring it’s the way that you bring it
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| 'T ain’t what you swing it’s the way that you swing it
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| 'T ain’t what you sing)
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| It’s the way that you sing it (That's what gets results) |