It'll shake all the trouble from your worried mind
"Get rhythm when you get the blues
It'll shake all the trouble from your worried mind
Well, I asked him while he shined my shoes
Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
Get rhythm when you get the blues"
On the windy corner of the dirty street
Well, I sat down to listen to the shoeshine boy
Slapped on the shoe polish left and right
He stopped once to wipe the sweat away
Little shoeshine boy never gets low down
It only costs a dime, just a nickel a shoe
Bendin' low at the peoples' feet
Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
I said you're a mighty little boy to be workin' that way
Does a million dollars worth of good for you
Get rhythm when you get the blues
He took a shoeshine rag and he held it tight
Yes a jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine
He said "I like it" with a big wide grin
Popped a shoeshine rag and then he said
Get a rock 'n' roll feelin' in your bones
Get rhythm when you get the blues
Yes a jumpy rhythm makes you feel so fine
"Get rhythm when you get the blues
But he's got the dirtiest job in town
Hey, get rhythm when you get the blues
How'd he keep from gettin' the blues?
Get taps on your toes and get gone
And I thought I was gonna jump for joy
He kept on a poppin' and he said again
He grinned as he raised his little head
