[Intro]
Clap your hands, everybody, everybody clap your hands
Clap your hands, everybody, everybody clap your hands
Clap your hands, everybody, everybody clap your hands
Clap your hands, everybody, everybody clap your hands
Clap your hands, everybody, everybody clap your hands

[Chorus]
Welcome to the lifeboat party, child
Invitation only for the rank and file

[Verse 1]
Glad you wore your Gabardine and pinstripes
Ain't no kind of jeans allowed
Glad you brought a bottle and not your wife
And avoid some dangerous crowds

[Chorus]
Welcome to the lifeboat party, child
Invitation only for the rank and file

[Verse 2]
Go on over and say hello to Charlie
He'll let you blow his saxophone
Don't linger in the door like Veronica Lake
Leave the colored guys alone
[Chorus]
Welcome to the lifeboat party, child
Invitation only for the rank and file
Oh, welcome to the lifeboat party, child
Celebration' just for the rank and file
Jumpin' Jones...

[Verse 3]
Oh, Monica's been making every man in sight
But, now she say's enough is enough
This party is in honor of the will to survive
So, Monica you mustn't give up

[Chorus]
Welcome to the lifeboat party, child
Invitation only for the rank and file
Welcome to the lifeboat party, child
Never give it up, no way no how
You got to know somebody


[Riffs]
Shut the window, close the door
Someone's dancing a two and four
You got to know somebody, over there
You got to know somebody, over there
You got to know somebody, over there
You got to know somebody, over there
Sometimes I like to take it on the lam
(Say what?)
Sometimes I like it when the band jams
(Say what?)
Sometimes I like to take it on the lam
(Say what?)
Sometimes I like it when the band jams
(Say what?)
Sometimes I like it when the band jams
(Say what?)
[?]

[Instrumental Break]


Rip it Jones

[Solo]

Shot, shoot your shot
Shot, shoot your shot
Shot

[Outro]
Now....a family affair
Now....a family affair
Now....a family affair
Now....a family affair
Never give it up no way, no how
(Never)
Oooh, baby
(Never)
Oooh Darling
(Never)
Oooh baby
(Never)
Darling, darling
(Never)
Darling, darling
(Never)