I may be lazy,
I may be fat,
but I've been hoodooed
and I don't deserve dat.

I'd just be dense
wid no common sense,
if I didn't act
wid some self defense.

We've been hoodooed.
It's true - ue
and we ain't got a clue-ue
of what we should do-oo.

It just ain't right - ight.
We can't sleep through the night - ight
because of the fright - ight
from that horrible sight - ight.

It flew through the air
and made a big scare.
It really went splat!
No one slept through that.

Imagine the drama
of us in pajamas.
It was this beef heart - eart
and that was the start - art
of all our woes - oes
and that's how it goes - oes.

We've been hoodooed.
It's true - ue
and we ain't got a clue-ue
of what we should do-oo.

Just think how you'd feel - eel
afraid of your next meal - eal.
We don't feel fine
to sit down and dine
'cause of the mumbo jumbo
we've heard's in the gumbo.

We just wastin' away - ay
til our last dyin' day - ay.
All we can do - oo
is to pray and to pray - ay.

We've been hoodooed.
It's true - ue
and we ain't got a clue-ue
of what we should do-oo.

So don't delay - ay.
Please make him pay - ay.
You'd better use voodoo
when you're dealin' wid hoodoo
cause we've been hooooooooo
ooooooooooo
dooed!

I'm better off dead
with a shot to the head
than live with the shame
from that kinda dame.

All I've got
is this last shot.
It's not a lot
but it's better then livin'
with this kinda woman.

It makes me sick
that she was knicked,
oh the shame of it all,
in her white camisole.

You think I'm crazy
wantin' to push up daisies.
I know it's a bore
but I'm better off done for.

I'm better off dead
with a shot to the head.

Hoodoo in the court.
We're not just here for sport.
We've come to try and sort
things out
without a shadow of a doubt.

Hoodoo in the court.
What's the truth
and what's a lie.
Who's gonna live
and who's gonna die.
Oh my, oh my.

Who is guilty
and who is not.
Who knows what
and who forgot.

What's the good of their detection
when there is no police protection
for the witness
who testifies,
then dies.

Who would want to choose to sing
when you're better off knowing nothing.

Would you want to testify
if you knew that you could die?

We think not.
It's asking a lot.

Voodoo to do?
There's always some
voodoo to do.

A voodoo queen's work
is never done.
She works all day long
in the hot, hot sun.
She works in the night
under cool moonlight.

Voodoo to do?
There's always some
voodoo to do.

St. Anthony's found
turned upside down.
Voodoo to do?
There's always some
voodoo to do.

We come and drink rum.
We dance and we drum
to call to Legba,
a great loah.

He does the soft shoe
'cause there's some
voodoo to do.

We bring along yams
for our Erzulie,
one of the dieties
we plan to please.

Erzulie possess
our priestess.
Erzulie control
our mambo,
'cause there's voodoo
to do.

We come and drink rum.
We dance and we drum.
Voodoo to do?
There's always some
voodoo to do.

Voodoo to do?
There's always some
voodoo to do.

We got dem heebee jeebee blues.
We don't know what to dos.
We got dem heebee jeebee blues.
We is plain confused.
Heebee jeebees.
What to do?
We got dem heebee jeebee blues.

You best be thinkin' alternative
remedies,
cause you've got a peculiar
and very rare disease.
Heebee jeebees.
What to do?
You got dem heebee jeebee blues.

You best go visit the voodoo queen.
Hopefully you can be seen.
In the end you'll have to pay,
but you'll be havin' a better day.
Heebee jeebees.
What to do?
You gotta try dat ole voodoo.

We got dem heebee jeebee blues.
We don't know what to dos.
We got dem heebee jeebee blues.
We is plain confused.
Heebee jeebees.
What to do?
We got dem heebee jeebee blues.

We had some tea of sassafras.
We swallowed a spoon of castor oil.
We drank a cup of molass - sus.
Our skin turns red and starts to boil.
Heebee jeebees.
What to do?
We go dem heebee jeebee blues.

It's not as bad as they may say.
It makes you walk a different way.
It's not so bad as they may say.
It makes your big hips swing and sway.
Jeebee jeebees.
What to do?
I got dem heebee jeebee blues.

We don't want to hear no mumbo jumbo.
Keep it to yourself.
We know you think we're dumb, so
it ain't gonna help.
Heebee jeebees.
What to do?
We got dem heebee jeebee blues.

We got dem heebee jeebee blues.
We don't know what to dos.
We got dem heebee jeebee blues.
We is plain confused.
Heebee jeebees.
What to do?
We got dem heebee jeebee blues.

We got dem
heeeee eeee
bee
jee eee
bee
blues.

You best go visit the voodoo queen.
Hopefully you can be seen.
In the end you'll have to pay,
but you'll be havin' a better day.
Heebee jeebees.
What to do?
You gotta try dat ole voodoo.