It's groovin' time-that's what my baby told me If you can't groove me, boy, you might as well let me be It's lovin' time-that's what my baby told me If you can't love me, boy, you might as well let me be Now, she said she don't want me hanging in the street Don't want me going down seeing old Pete Hanging out on Broadway is not her stick Staying up late at night is not her kick Wants me to tease her all the time Wants me to love her later in the night That's what she told me If you can't do it, boy, you might as well let me be Baby, it's groovin' time-that's what my baby told me If you can't groove me, boy, you might as well let me be Said she don't want me shootin' no pool Running in the street, acting like a dog-gone fool Said she just want me to stay at home Just tend to my business-leave other people alone Said she don't want me hanging in them nightclubs All them Broadway funky, funky nightclubs That's what she told me If you can't do it, boy, you might as well let me be It's groovin' time-that's what my baby told me If you can't groove me, boy, you might as well let me be