Nickel is a nickel, dime is dime
Get you a girl, you can have a good time
You gotta step it up and go
You gotta step it up and go
Well you can’t stand back
You gotta step it up and go
Two old maids, sittin’ in the sand
Each one wishin’ that the other was a man
You gotta step it up and go
You gotta step it up and go
Well you can’t stand back
You gotta step it up and go
Shootin’ dice got your money on the floor
Up comes a law and knocks on the door
You gotta step it up and go
You gotta step it up and go
Well you can’t stand back
You gotta step it up and go
She may be old an’ ninety years
But she ain’t too old for to shift her gears
You gotta step it up and go
You gotta step it up and go
Well you can’t stand back
You gotta step it up and go
Jumped in the river, started to drown
Thought about my woman and I turned around
You gotta step it up and go
You gotta step it up and go