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Rip the carpet up
Turn the music up
Knock the lightbulb out
You gotta come, the word is out!

Freshly landed from Jamaica
In 1953
With your records in the suitcase
At night it's 15 degrees

And everywhere you go they're staring at your face
You've got no place to go
And everywhere you go
It's: "Try the other place!", the word you hear is "No!"

So what'cha gonna do?
You gotta make the scene come true

Rip the carpet up
Turn the music up
Knock the lightbulb out
You gotta come, the word is out!

Hey, do you play for Arsenal?
Or are you in the Top 10?
But you're the average punter
Get! and don't come back again

And everywhere you go they're staring at your face
You got no place to go
And everywhere you go
It's: "Try the other place!", the word you hear is "No!"

So what'cha gonna do?
Gotta make the scene come true

Rip the carpet up
Turn the music up
Knock the lightbulb out
You gotta come, the word is out!

Yeah, this week the scene is rubber
And you must have members chip
Though those underpants are leather
And they got too many zips

And everywhere you go they're staring at your face
And you got no place to go
And everywhere you go
It's: "Try the other place!", the word you hear is "No!"

So what'cha gonna do?
You gotta make the scene come true

Rip the carpet up
Turn the music up
Knock the lightbulb out
You gotta come, the word is out!

Rip the carpet up
Turn the music up
Knock the lightbulb out
You gotta come, the word is out!

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