[Verse 1: Power-soca female lead, big bright power-soca voice over pounding soca drums] Monday in the market, every auntie in a huddle Sayin' Marcia quit the bank and left the manager in a muddle Tuesday at the bus stop there's a version with a man Say she got a sweetman in Tobago and a ticket in her hand Wednesday at the rum shop, she sold her car for a costume Feathers to the ceilin', she can't fit inside the room Thursday at the salon she's a millionaire, a spy And by Friday every soul is askin' where is Marcia, why [Hook: Power-soca female lead, full power soca, huge jump-up hook] Everybody want the bacchanal, so I bring the bacchanal Every mouth on the island got a story, I got all Jump and wave it high, the soca hittin' like a wall Saturday the gate is open, come and see the bacchanal [Verse 2: Power-soca female lead, faster, soca bars on the kick] Saturday the fete is packed from the gate down to the sea Every auntie from the market payin' fifty just to see Every cousin of the sweetman, every teller from the bank Every lady from the salon with a rum punch in a tank They come up to me in the lime askin' girl, is it true I say buy a drink and jump, and maybe I'll tell you Didn't quit the bank, I'm on vacation, two weeks paid Ain't no sweetman in Tobago, ain't no costume that I made Still got my car, still got my house, still got my seat at Mass Only thing I sold was every ticket, and I sold 'em fast [Hook: Power-soca female lead, full power soca, huge jump-up hook] Everybody want the bacchanal, so I bring the bacchanal Every mouth on the island got a story, I got all Jump and wave it high, the soca hittin' like a wall Saturday the gate is open, come and see the bacchanal [Bridge: Power-soca female lead, bottle and spoon, the band stops and one bottle-and-spoon rhythm plays a bar, then the full power soca crashes back] Who started the talk? Me, Marcia, every word Told one auntie on a Monday and by Friday the whole island heard Now jump, jump, everybody in the air If you came to see the bacchanal, the bacchanal is here [Final Hook: Power-soca female lead, full power soca, huge jump-up hook] Everybody want the bacchanal, so I bring the bacchanal Every mouth on the island got a story, I got all Jump and wave it high, the soca hittin' like a wall Saturday the gate is open, come and see the bacchanal [Outro: Power-soca female lead, laughing over the soca drums] See you next year, I already got a story for Monday [End]
