Song lyrics to Slap That Bass, Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, Music by George Gershwin, Sung and danced by Fred Astaire and Ensemble in engine room in Shall We Dance
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The world is in a mess
With politics and taxes
And people grinding axes
There`s no happiness
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Rhythm lead your ace
The future doesn’t fret me
If I can only get me
Someone to slap that bass
Happiness is not a riddle
When I`m listening to that
Big bass fiddle
Slap that bass
Slap it till its dizzy
Slap that bass
Keep the rhythm busy
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Misery, you’ve got to go
Slap that bass
Use it like a tonic
Slap that bass
Keep your philharmonic
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And the milk and honey`ll flow
Dictators would be better off
If they zoom zoom now and then
Today, you can see that the happiest men
All got rhythm
In which case
If you want a bauble
Slap that bass
Slap away your trouble
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Slap that bass
Dictators would be better off
If they zoom zoom now and then
Today, you can see that the happiest men
All got rhyth
In which case
If you want a bauble
Slap that bass
Slap away your trouble
Learn to zoom zoom zoom
Slap that bass
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