Verse 1: Everybody's talking of a syncopated dance,
Everybody's walking with a syncopated prance,
Everybody's waited for a syncopated chance,
To learn the way that they do it.
Listen to the rhythm now, it seems that one and all
Want to take it with 'em when they're goin' to the ball,
Even play the music on the piano in the hall,
And here's the way they go through it.

Chorus: There it goes! Now you step to the side,
On your toes and get ready to glide,
In the crowd rag as much as you please,
You're allowed only one little squeeze.
Step around like a motor boat rocks,
Up and down like a Jack-in-the-box,
And then you get together and you do that dance,
That lovin' Pussyfoot Prance.

Verse 2: Lawyers and physicians like to dance it on the floor,
And the politicians seem to holler out for more,
Even the musicians strike the notes of the encore,
For they are glad they can play it.
Once I saw a preacher throw his shoulders in the air,
Dancing with a teacher who was shouting, "It's a bear!"
Just like Eva Tanguay, I suppose she didn't care,
When once they started to sway it.

Chorus: There it goes! Now you step to the side,
On your toes and get ready to glide,
In the crowd rag as much as you please,
You're allowed only one little squeeze.
Step around like a motor boat rocks,
Up and down like a Jack-in-the-box,
And then you get together and you do that dance,
That lovin' Pussyfoot Prance.