let your legs get to rockin'
ease 'em back till you've put 'em inside
then you stop, stick 'em out, give the outside a try
now you're into the rhythm and its pleasin', my friend
yeah yeah yeah

do you, don't you ?...know that you'd love to
start wavin' those hands on your arms above you
sailin' sailin' sailin'...fingers all are askance here
well, you may start a-lovin' to perform this dance here

now, hokey pokey...hokey pokey...hokey pokey...yeah

will you, won't you ?...start your head shakin'
don't do it too fast lest your neck start achin'
flailin' flailin' flailin'...come on...just take a chance here
forget all your troubles and assume the stance here

look out
hokey pokey...hokey pokey...hokey pokey...ooh
stretch out....stick out your buns

do the step, if you cotton
don't go slack, just continue to slide
then you stop and return as you dip and you glide
then adjust your ol' bottom and repeat it again
yeah yeah yeah

well, do you, don't you ?...don't want no fakin'
you try it too fast, its a leg, you're breakin'
tail in, tail in, tail in...then your butt, you push out here
well, you may do some flubbin', as you leap about here

arms out
hokey pokey...hokey pokey...hokey pokey
legs out...hokey pokey...just shuffle those hands
yes, its bliss
yes, its bliss
strut with those gams
oh now...hokey pokey...woo hoo

i got blisters on my ankles