[VERSE] Knock three times on the basement door, Password whispered like you’ve done before, Cigarette smoke and a saxophone wail, Jazz in the air and gin in a pail. Flappers dancing on the polished floor, Pearls and feathers — and a whole lot more, The copper’s blind if the price is right, Welcome, darling, to Saturday night. [PRE-CHORUS] It may be small, but we’re packed in tight Lights are low, but the Moonshine’s bright [CHORUS] Speakeasy, speak easy, Say the magic word and slip inside, Speakeasy, speak easy, Leave your troubles and your laws outside. Where the hooch flows free and the music’s loud, We’re the beautiful, the bold, the underground crowd — Speakeasy, baby, speak easy tonight. [VERSE] Bootleg bottles stacked behind the bar, Kingpins rolling up in long black cars, Tommy guns resting under the seats We’re risking our freedom for forbidden treats Couples swaying in the candlelight, Every secret hidden here out of sight The band plays on ‘til the break of dawn, By the time they raid us, honey, we’ll be gone. [PRE-CHORUS] They wrote the law, but they got it wrong Prohibition never lasts that long… [CHORUS] Speakeasy, speak easy, Say the magic word and slip inside, Speakeasy, speak easy, Leave your troubles and your laws outside. Where the hooch flows free and the music’s loud, We’re the beautiful, the bold, the underground crowd — Speakeasy, baby, speak easy tonight. [Instrumental interlude] [BRIDGE] (key change — half step up) You can shut us down, board up every door, But you can’t kill the feeling, can’t silence the roar, We’ll find another basement, another back street, Anywhere the music plays we’re still gonna meet So lean in close now, let me tell you the code — Every rebel’s welcome in our abode [Instrumental interlude] [PRE-CHORUS] (building, full band) They’re only herding us - To and Fro There’s a million other places for us to go [LAUGHS} [CHORUS] Speakeasy, speak easy, Say the magic word and slip inside, Speakeasy, speak easy, Leave your troubles and your laws outside. Where the hooch flows free and the music’s loud, We’re the beautiful, the bold, the underground crowd — Speakeasy, baby, speak easy tonight
