Key: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Honey,
babe, I've been told
You know how to shake a butter bowl
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I got to see for myself,
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if you got any butter left
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Break down to the left,
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break down to the right
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Break down to the one,
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I'm gonna love tonight
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Do the breakdown children,
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break on down
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Break down for me, break down for you
Break
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Break down to the one, gonna give it to you
Do the breakdown children, break on down
Do the breakdown children,
break on down
Yeah, just now
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Whoo!
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Come on children, look at me
I'm showing you how it's supposed to be
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Do it in the evening, late at night
I'm gonna show you, break down the line
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Do the breakdown children,
break on down
Do the breakdown children,
break on down
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Listen, it's a brand new dance
that's going around
It ain't the funky chicken,
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it's called a breakdown
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It's a brand new dance
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that's going around
It ain't push and pull,
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it's called a breakdown
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Now break down children,
break on down
Break down children, break on down
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Mama can do it, papa too
Grandma can't walk, they doin' it too
Mama, mama, just look at sis
She's in the backyard,
breakin' down like this
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Breakdown 2, break on down
Breakdown 2, break on down
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