[Verse 1]
Hi, everybody!
We are YMO
From Tokyo, Japan
We don't sight see, we dance!
You understand? (Ya ya!)
We are the number one dance band in Tokyo. (Haha!)

Now, "Tighten Up" was very popular in Houston, Texas with Archie Bell & the Drells
Now, we are the number one! I think so, ha ha

Tighten up, Takahashi!
酒飲め, Sakamoto!
Hurry up with the bass, papa-san!

[Refrain]
Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
Do the tighten up
Tighten up
Oh, tighten up
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Tighten up
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Oh, tighten up

Come on!

[Verse 2]
Ey, check that drum beat!
Ey, tighten up on that guitar, man!

Uh-huh!
Everybody's doing it!
David Bowie's doing it!
Elton John doing it!
Mick Jagger doing it!
Even Elvis Presley used to do that!

Japanese gentlemen, stand up please!

[Refrain]
Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
Do the tighten up
Tighten up
Oh, tighten up

[Refrain]
Japanese gentlemen, stand up please
Do the tighten up
Tighten up
Oh, tighten up
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Tighten up
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Sock it to me, Sakamoto!
Tighten up!

Do the tighten up
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