Lyrics to
In The Mood

This version of In The Mood was released by Bette Midler in 1973.

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Jumping with my boy, Sid
right here in the city.
Don’t you know that is was grand?
Really grand, so grand.
And then you came along,
then you came along, boy.
And sang your groovy song,
sang a song and I asked:

Mr. Whatchacallem, whatcha doing tonight?
Hope you’re in the mood
because I’m feeling just right.
How’s about a corner
with a table for two?
Where the music’s mellow
is a gay rendezvous.
There’s no chance romancing
with a blue attitude.
You know you got to do some dancing
to get in the mood.

Mr. Watchacallem, I’m indebted to you.
You’re here. It goes to show what good influence can do.
Never felt so happy or so fully alive.
He’s a jam a jumpin’, it’s a powerful jive!
Swing-a-roo is giving me a new attitude.
My heart is full of rhythm
and I’m in the mood.

In the mood (oh boy) be mine forever.
In the groove (that boy) and leave me never.
In the mood (oh joy) give me some kissing.
You know it won’t be long
before you’re in the mood!

Don’t be rude, I love you madly.
It’s up to you, I’ll take you gladly.
Love is blind, my vision’s hazy.
It didn’t take me long to say
I’m in the mood!

Do ba do ba do bop boo da da day.
Ba da-n-da da-n do da-n do day.
Who’s that guy with the beautiful eyes?
‘N’ look at those lips, I’d try ’em for size.
Hey! Swing with me!
What a wing it’d be!
May I intrude? It’s time to dance
and I’m in the mood!

Oh, hold me darling, let’s dance.
What a dreamy romance.
It’s a quarter to three.
There’s a mess-o-that moon.
Let’s share it with me.
You know, I think it’s rude
to keep me this way
when I’m in the mood.
I’m in the mood, in the groove!
In the mood, ah, ah, ah!

Man-oh-man, wow!
Like, you really got me lookin’.
Oh, and you really got me cookin’, oh!

My heart went flip, my brain went skip.
I said c’mon, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon.
I’m hot now! Oh boy! I love you madly!
Right now! Oh boy! I’ll take you gladly!
Tight now! Oh boy! I’ll be in!
And now I’m really in the mood, boy!

Rompin’! Stompin’! Smokin’!
Why don’t we go somewhere and smooch, boy?

It’s got to be right now!
It’s gotta be right now!
It’s got to be right now!
I’m only saying that it didn’t take me long,
didn’t take me long, didn’t take me long
to say I’m in the mood.
Your flat foot floozy wants a good boy!

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About Lyrics and In The Mood by Bette Midler

When you decide to study the lyrics to In The Mood, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Bette Midler. Some of the lyrics to In The Mood have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bette Midler and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to In The Mood if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to In The Mood" means the words set to the music of In The Mood, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bette Midler. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to In The Mood and the lyrics to In The Mood are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bette Midler who came here looking just for the lyrics to In The Mood, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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