Lyrics to
Shake Your Hips

This version of Shake Your Hips was released by The Rolling Stones in 1972.

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I wanna tell you ’bout a dance
That’s goin’ around,
Everybody’s doin’ it
From the grownups down.
Don’t move your head,
Don’t move your hands,
Don’t move your lips,
Just shake your hips.
Do the hip shake, babe,
Do the hip shake, babe,
Shake your hip, babe,
Shake your hip, babe.
What you don’t know
Don’t be afraid
Just listen to me
And do what I say.
Don’t move your head,
Don’t move your hands,
Don’t move your lips,
Just shake your hips.
Do the hip shake, babe,
Do the hip shake, babe,
Shake your hip, babe,
Shake your hip, babe,
Well ain’t that easy
Well, I met a little girl
In a country town
She said, “What do you know
There’s Slim Harpo!”
Didn’t move her head,
Didn’t move her hands,
Didn’t move her lips,
Just shook her hips.
Do the hip shake, babe,
Do the hip shake, babe,
Shake your hip, babe,
Shake your hip, babe,
Well ain’t that easy.

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The lyrics to Shake Your Hips are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Rolling Stones in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to Shake Your Hips are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Rolling Stones and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Shake Your Hips back when it was created.

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