Have you ever passed by Shorty's barber shop Hey, Shorty bops the boogie on the razor's strop He snaps the scissors and he blows the comb It sounds just like a saxophone He nods his head and he bats his eye He shuffles his feet and twitches his thighs Everybody gets hep to the bop But shorty bops the boogie on the razor's strop Oh, a snap from the scissors, jig-a-shoo, jig-a-shoo And a blow from his comb, olee-aye olee-aye Sounds just like a saxophone People passing by, never fail to stop When Shorty bops the boogie on the razor's strop Well, he charges me a dollar just to cut my hair Enjoyed all the while I'm in his chair Take it easy is all I have to do I feel like a million when gets through He hand in my collar, he hand in my tie He looks at me with a gleam in his eye He brushes me off and before he's through Says to me, man, what else can I do Oh yeah, he bounced to me as he opened the door Says, thank you sir, come back some more That's Shorty the barber, now he's the top When he bops the boogie on the razor's strop Oh, a snap from the scissors, jig-a-shoo, jig-a-shoo And a blow from his comb, olee-aye olee-aye Sounds just like a saxophone People passing by, never fail to stop When Shorty bops the boogie on the razor's strop When Shorty bops the boogie on the razor's strop When Shorty bops the boogie on the razor's strop