I was a-playin' rock and roll in a local theater

Well, I knew it had to happen to me sooner or later

There was a foxy little lady dancing down in the front row

I said, "Honey, can you meet me when I finish the next show?"

There was somethin' about the lady that really got to me

She was down on my zipper, tears a-ripplin' through me

She said, "Boy, let me tell you if you're gonna give me good love

Start makin' good love, it's what you really got plenty of"

She told me now, "Don't go near the water, yeah

If you can't swim the tide"

She told me now, "Don't go near the water, yeah

If you can't swim the tide"

Well, let me tell you, couldn't wait 'til the last song was over

I had sixty-nine ways I was really gonna show her

So I took her to the dressing room and really got to it

Everything I thought I'd show her, well, she already knew it

But I looked at my watch, it was time for me to go

I said, "Honey, got to stop or I'll be late for the next show"

She said, "There ain't no way I got to stop this good thing

If you're gonna be a man, you got to finish what you started"

She told me now, "Don't go near the water

If you can't swim the tide"

She told me now, "Don't go near the water, yeah

If you can't swim the tide"

You got to stop it, baby

She told me now, "Don't go near the water, yeah

If you can't swim the tide"

She told me now, "Don't go near the water

If you can't swim the tide"

She told me now, "Don't go near the water, yeah"

"Don't go near the water" (Don't go near the water)

"Don't go near the water" (Don't go near the water)

"Don't go near the water" (Oh, keep on givin' that good thing)

"Don't go near the water" (Hey yeah)

"Don't go near the water" (Oh)

"Don't go near the water"