He wears a zoot suit with a reet pleat

Drives a ?36 Cord with a rumble seat

Now he?s a, Lord, he's a jitterbug

Scare the letters off a highway sign



He drinks beer and eats beanies

Chases it down with ol' Thunderbird wine

Carries brass knuckles and a .44

Runs a loan shark business and a Mary Jane store



He?s a, he's a jitterbug; keeps movin?, don?t sit still

If the law don?t get him, some gun-totin? irate husband will

Oh, oh, oh, ooh, ooh, ooh, jitterbug, jitterbug



One day in September he stepped out of his Cord

Into the street to face a bullet spittin? Ford

Now he?s jitterbug, just a name in the news

Said, "He finally paid the price, he finally paid his dues"



Jitterbug, jitterbug, jitterbug, jitterbug

Jitterbug, jitterbug, jitterbug, jitterbug