Get Rhythm

Get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock and roll feeling in your bones
Put taps on your toes and get gone
Get rhythm when you get the blues

A little shoeshine boy, he never gets low down
He's got the dirtiest job in town
Bending low at the peoples' feet
On the windy corner of the dirty street
Well, I asked him while he shined my shoes
How'd he keep from getting the blues
Grinned and raised little head
He popped a shoeshine rag and then he said

Get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues
Here's a jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine
It'll shake all your trouble from your worried mind
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Take it, I said

Get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock and' roll feeling in your bones
Taps on your toes and get gone
Get rhythm when you get the blues

I sat down to listen to the shoeshine boy
I thought I was going to jump for joy
Slapped on the shoe polish left and right
He took a shoeshine rag and he held it tight
He stopped once to wipe the sweat away
I said, "You're a mighty little boy to be working that way"
He said, "I like it with a big wide grin"
Then he popped and popped and he said again

Get rhythm when you get the blues
Come on, get rhythm when you get the blues
Get a rock and roll feeling in your bones
Put taps on your toes and get gone
And get rhythm when you get the blues