in the heat of the summer on the east side of town got a brand new dance goin around everywhere you look everywhere you go everybody s doing that funky tomato put your hands in the air do not resist arrest now shake your derriere from east to west like you know east is best now put your hands out wide try to touch your nose if you can t do that man you can t drive home now you got it look at you go now you re doing that funky tomato forget the watusi and the boogaloo the shag and the shake forget the shuffle too forget about the monkey and the mashed potato everybody s doing that funky tomato put your hands in the air do not resist arrest now shake your derriere from east to west like you know east is best now put your hands out wide try to touch your nose if you can t do that man you can t drive home now you got it look at you go now you re doing that funky tomato