Daddy started out in San Francisco Tootin' on his trumpet loud and mean Suddenly a voice said, "Go forth Daddy Spread the picture on a wider screen" And the voice said, "Daddy, there's a million pigeons Waitin' to be hooked on new religions Hit the road, Daddy, leave your common-law wife Spread the religion of The Rhythm Of Life" And The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet Rhythm in your bedroom Rhythm in the street Yes, The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat To feel The Rhythm Of Life (The Rhythm of Life is a powerful beat) To feel the powerful beat (Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet) To feel the tingle in your fingers (Rhythm in your bedroom, rhythm in the street) To feel the tingle in your feet (Yes, The Rhythm of Life is a powerful beat) To feel The Rhythm Of Life (Daddy-O) To feel the powerful beat (Go, go, go) To feel the tingle in your fingers (Tell them everything) To feel the tingle in your feet (You know) Daddy, spread the gospel in Milwaukee Took his walkie talkie to Rocky Ridge Blew his way to Canton, then to Scranton Till he landed under the Manhattan Bridge Daddy was the new sensation, got himself a congregation Built up quite an operation down below With the pie-eyed piper blowing, while the muscatel was flowing All the cats were go, go, go-ing down below! Daddy was the new sensation, got himself a congregation Built up quite an operation down below With the pie-eyed piper blowing, while the muscatel was flowing All the cats were go, go, go-ing down below With the pie-eyed piper blowing (Daddy was the new sensation, got himself a congregation) While the muscatel was flowing (Built up quite an operation down below) All the cats were go, go, go-ing (With the pie-eyed piper blowing, while the muscatel was flowing) Down below (All the cats were go, go, go-ing down below) Flip your wings and fly to Daddy Flip your wings and fly to Daddy Flip your wings and fly to Daddy Fly, fly, fly to Daddy! Take a dive and swim to Daddy Take a dive and swim to Daddy Take a dive and swim to Daddy Swim, swim, swim to Daddy! Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy Crawl, crawl, crawl to Daddy! And The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet Rhythm in your bedroom Rhythm in the street Yes, The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat! To feel The Rhythm Of Life (And The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat) To feel the powerful beat (Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet) To feel the tingle in your fingers (Rhythm in your bedroom, rhythm on the street) To feel the tingle in your feet (Yes, The Rhythm of Life is a powerful beat!) To feel The Rhythm Of Life (Daddy-O) To feel the powerful beat (Go, go, go) To feel the tingle in your fingers (Tell them everything) To feel the tingle in your feet (You know) To feel The Rhythm Of Life! To feel the powerful beat! To feel the tingle in your fingers! To feel the tingle in your— Flip your wings and fly to Daddy Take a dive and swim to Daddy Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy Daddy we got The Rhythm Of Life Of life, of life, of life Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Man!