Lyrics and translation James Taylor - The Twist (Live 1988)

The Twist (Live 1988)

Oh come on, baby yeah

Come on, baby
Let′s do the twist
Oh baby
Oh do the twist
Take mama by the hand
Make it go like this

Your daddy is sleepin' (′round and 'round and 'round)
And your mama ain′t around (′round and 'round and ′round)
Your daddy's sleepin′ ('round and ′round and 'round)
And mama ain't around (′round and ′round and 'round)
Twist and twist and twist
′Til we shake the house down ('round and ′round and 'round)

E-yo, and miss (′round and 'round and 'round)
Baby, baby (′round and ′round and 'round)
Ooh it′s over now, mama ('round and ′round and 'round)
Just like this (′round and 'round and 'round)
Come on, little miss
And do the twist (′round and ′round and 'round)
Come on now

You ought to see her now
My little sister
You ought to see her old man
Nothing that man understand, yeah, yeah
She knows how to rock
She knows how to twist

Eee-yo, and miss baby (′round and 'round and ′round)
Ooh yeah ('round and ′round and 'round)
You do it just like this ('round and ′round and ′round)
Come on, little miss
Do the twist ('round and ′round and 'round)

I say yeah yeah yeah (′round and 'round and ′round)
Mama say yeah yeah ('round and 'round and ′round)
Yeah yeah yeah (′round and 'round and ′round)
Mama say ('round and ′round and 'round)
Take a look (′round and 'round and 'round)
Come on, miss
Gotta ow! Do that thing now baby

Come on moma
Come on now
Hoo!

Le Twist (En direct 1988)

Oh viens, mon amour oui

Viens, mon amour
Faisons le twist
Oh mon amour
Oh fais le twist
Prends maman par la main
Fais-le comme ça

Ton papa dort (′round and 'round and 'round)
Et ta maman n'est pas là (′round and 'round and ′round)
Ton papa dort ('round and ′round and 'round)
Et maman n'est pas là (′round and ′round and 'round)
Twist et twist et twist
Jusqu'à ce qu'on fasse trembler la maison ('round and ′round and 'round)

E-yo, et ma chérie (′round and 'round and 'round)
Bébé, bébé (′round and ′round and 'round)
Ooh c'est fini maintenant, maman ('round and ′round and 'round)
Comme ça (′round and 'round and 'round)
Viens, ma petite chérie
Et fais le twist (′round and ′round and 'round)
Allez maintenant

Tu devrais la voir maintenant
Ma petite sœur
Tu devrais voir son vieil homme
Rien que cet homme ne comprenne, oui, oui
Elle sait comment bouger
Elle sait comment faire le twist

Eee-yo, et ma chérie bébé (′round and 'round and ′round)
Ooh oui ('round and ′round and 'round)
Tu le fais comme ça ('round and ′round and ′round)
Viens, ma petite chérie
Fais le twist ('round and ′round and 'round)

Je dis oui oui oui (′round and 'round and ′round)
Maman dit oui oui ('round and 'round and ′round)
Oui oui oui (′round and 'round and 'round)
Maman dit ('round and ′round and 'round)
Regarde (′round and 'round and 'round)
Viens, ma chérie
Gotta ow! Fais ce truc maintenant bébé

Viens maman
Allez maintenant
Hoo!