here i am and i m back again i m gonna mashed potatoes i m gonna start by going to new york city with your number one i m going to boston ow i m going to buffalo going straight down the road and gonna stop in cleveland ohio gonna go to your next door neighbor i m gonna mashed potatoes in detroit too i m gonna swing right on down the freeway doing the mashed potatoes gonna stop in chicago and st louis missouri going way over on the other side and stop in memphis tennessee while i m in the neighborhood i m gonna stop in nashville too my old good old place where everybody s having a mighty good time in charlotte north carolina i believe i ll mashed potatoes where the cowboys stay of course you know i m talking about dallas texas and i want you to know i got houston texas on my mind ow now if any of these places i called and i missed your town i just want you to know i m coming through cause i m mashed potato bound miami florida jacksonville too columbia south carolina too ow and norfolk virginia too san francisco i d mashed potatoes at the world s fair in seattle washington los angeles california going back over on the east coast i m going to richmond virginia i m gonna fool ya now i m going to my old hometown i m going to augusta georgia spelled a g u s t a