Representing The Mambo lyrics

[Verse 1]
Gretta's flunky, some boot-licking lackey, some wild-eyed Romeo
Winds up the mountain with Rio down below
Drives too slowly past a burning impromptu altar
Attended by no one of visible means

[Pre-Chorus]
Could be a warning just shining us on, but we're far too gone
We're on our way to see some Johnny
Representing the mambo

[Chorus]
Representing the mambo... mambo... mambo oooh.. mambo

[Verse 2]
Rounding the corner we come to a halt
Doors fly open as we prepare for assault
Out from the shadows step the dangerous boys
Hands hiding weapons, they treat them like toys

Our debutante Gretta, the taxidermist's daughter
She knows what to say
She knows how to mingle, she knows the lingo

[Pre-Chorus]
"Muchachos we're here to see Johnny
Representing the mambo"
[Chorus]
Representing the mambo... mambo... mambo oooh.. mambo

[Verse 3]
Gretta leads us through the stone carved archway
Into the school of samba, the place of secret rites
We push through a gauntlet of limp-wristed handshakes
And empty cotillion air kisses

Gretta smiles as we make our way to the bar
The new crowd says I remind them of Frank
Who died of excessive nymphets
In Barcelona...
In Barcelona

[Spoken]
Who's that with Gretta?
You know how she is
Yeah, never the same one twice

I wonder if by any chance you would like a piece of cake?
No thank you, my ears are too sweet now

[Verse 4]
A strange choice of words, but forensically it's true
Sudden thunder clap drum roll
Gretta's on the stage
She's a honey of a hun!

[Pre-Chorus]
This blue-eyed angel girl
Announces proudly to everyone in the room
"Señores and señoras here's Johnny
Representing the mambo."

[Chorus]
Representing the mambo... mambo... mambo oooh.. mambo

[Verse 5]
Gretta Gretta, I've got to slip away
It just won't work between us
Your daddy runs a house of pain
Hey! You are the taxidermist's daughter