[Verse 1]
There's mosquitoes on the river
Fish are rising up like birds
Been hot for seven weeks now
Too hot to even speak now
Did you hear what I just heard?
Say it might have been a fiddle (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Or it could have been the wind (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
But there seems to be a beat now (Ooh)
I can feel it my feet now (Ooh, ooh)
Listen, here it comes again

[Bridge]
There's a band out on the highway (Band out on the highway)
They're high-stepping into town
It's a rainbow full of sound (Rainbow, rainbow full of sound)
It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns
Everybody's dancing

[Refrain]
Well, well
Come on children, come on children now
Comе on and clap your hands

[Verse 2]
Well, the sun went down in honеy
Moon come up in wine
Stars were spinning dizzy
Lord, the band kept us so busy
We forgot about the time
They're a band beyond description
Like Jehovah's favorite choir
People joining hand in hand
While the music played the band
They're setting us on fire
Crazy rooster crowing midnight (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Balls of lightning roll along (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
Old men sing about their dreams (Ooh)
Women laugh and children scream (Ooh, ooh)
And the band keep playing on
[Bridge]
Keep on dancing through the daylight
Greet the morning air with song
(The morning air with song, yeah)
No one's noticed, but the band's all packed and gone
Was it ever there at all?
But they kept on dancing

[Refrain]
Well, well
Come on children, come on children now
Come on and clap your hands

[Outro]
Well, the cool breeze come on Tuesday
Corn's a bumper crop
Fields are full of dancing
Full of singing and romancing
The music never stopped

Never stop, never stop, nah
Never stop now
Never stop, never stop, nah
Never stop now
Never stop, never stop, nah
Never stop now
Never stop, never stop, nah
Never stop now
[Instrumental Outro]