Now one and one is two mama : two and two is four
Mess around here pretty mama : you know we got to go
Crying oh : baby don't you want to go
Back to the *living light* city : to sweet old Kokomo
Now four and one is five mama : five and one is six
You mess around here pretty mama : you going to get me tricked
Now six and one is seven mama : seven and one is eight
You mess around here pretty mama : you going to make me late
Says I told you mama : when you first fell across my bed
You been drinking your bad whiskey : and talking all out your head
I don't drink because I'm dry mama : don't drink because I'm blue
The reason I drink pretty mama : I can't get along with you
Now eight and one is nine mama : nine and one is ten
You mess around here pretty mama : I'm going to take you in
Now ten and one is eleven mama : eleven and one is twelve
You mess around here pretty mama : you going to catch you a lot of hell
Mess around here pretty mama : you know we got to go
Crying oh : baby don't you want to go
Back to the *living light* city : to sweet old Kokomo
Now four and one is five mama : five and one is six
You mess around here pretty mama : you going to get me tricked
Now six and one is seven mama : seven and one is eight
You mess around here pretty mama : you going to make me late
Says I told you mama : when you first fell across my bed
You been drinking your bad whiskey : and talking all out your head
I don't drink because I'm dry mama : don't drink because I'm blue
The reason I drink pretty mama : I can't get along with you
Now eight and one is nine mama : nine and one is ten
You mess around here pretty mama : I'm going to take you in
Now ten and one is eleven mama : eleven and one is twelve
You mess around here pretty mama : you going to catch you a lot of hell