All right, everybody! Clear a little room! Tuck your elbows in... Stick your elbows out... Wait. Chickens don’t have elbows. Close enough! Bawk bawk! BAWK BAWK! BAWK BAWK! Put your left wing in Put your left wing out Put your left wing in And flap it all about Scratch twice at the floorboards Strut around the block Shake your little tailfeathers And bawk, bawk, bawk Put your right wing in Now wiggle like a fool Peck the air in front of you Like corn just broke the rules Bob your head from side to side Then freeze and watch the clock When the fiddle starts a-screeching Everybody bawk Clap your wings together Shuffle heel to toe Nobody knows what happens next Just follow where we go Bawk bawk! Wings out wide Bawk bawk! Shuffle side to side Peck down low, then cock your head Run three circles like you’ve lost the thread Bawk bawk! Kick one leg Bawk bawk! Pretend you laid an egg Everybody flap till the whole room rocks Do the chicken pokey and bawk, bawk, bawk Put your drumstick in Put your drumstick out Somebody brought a bucket That is not what this is about Keep your eyes upon the leader Do exactly what they do Unless they start Kentucky-frying Then you run like chickens do Stick your beak into the middle Take your beak back out No one here has got a beak So improvise a snout Flap beneath the disco ball And chicken-walk in socks Lose your balance, blame the rooster Then bawk, bawk, bawk Turn yourself around now Shake from comb to feet The chicken dance was far too tame We added extra meat Bawk bawk! Wings up high Bawk bawk! Almost touch the sky Peck down low, then jump straight back Form a single-file poultry attack Bawk bawk! Stomp the ground Bawk bawk! Make a clucking sound Everybody flap till the whole room rocks Do the chicken pokey and bawk, bawk, bawk Put your whole self in Put your whole self out Put your whole self in Forget what comes about Spin until the barnyard Looks like one enormous clock Fall into the hay bale And bawk, bawk, bawk Rooster in the doorway Hen beneath the light Somebody’s line-dancing But they’re drifting to the right Farmer saw the whole thing Dropped his keys in shock Now he’s doing little wing flaps Going bawk, bawk, bawk Everybody freeze... The farmer’s watching. Put your dignity in. Take your dignity out. Leave your dignity out. We’re not gonna need it. Do-si-do your chicken Promenade your hen Flap around the outside Then come back in again Squat down like you’re nesting Rise up like a rocket Somebody yelled, “That ain’t a dance move!” Mind your own cloaca! BAWK BAWK! Wings out wide BAWK BAWK! Poultry side to side Peck down low, then cock your head Run six circles like the drummer said BAWK BAWK! Kick one leg BAWK BAWK! Somebody laid an egg Every hen, every rooster, every human in the box Do the chicken pokey and bawk, bawk, bawk BAWK BAWK! Lose control BAWK BAWK! Let the barnyard roll Flap till the ceiling shakes And the neighborhood calls the cops Everybody in! Everybody out! Everybody shake it all about! BAWK! BAWK! BAWK BAWK BAWK! That’s what it’s all... ...about.
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