Ice Cream Man

the Ice Cream man played Turkey in the Straw
but he played it in a style like i’d never heard before
yeah he'd ring that bell and he’d make it swing
syncopated all to hell like a second line thing

1:45 he’d be parked up on the levee
his radio playing something slow and heavy
2:45 he’d be back on the street
making sure the little children got something good to eat

the Ice Cream man played Turkey in the Straw
but he played it in a style like i’d never heard before
yeah he'd ring that bell and he’d make it swing
syncopated all to hell like a second line thing

“give me a dollar, Dad,” all the kids would say,
“before the ice cream man he drives away.”
If Daddy say no all the kids say “AAWW”
If he say yeah, well they only want more

the Ice Cream man played Turkey in the Straw
but he played it in a style like i’d never heard before
yeah he'd ring that bell and he’d make it swing
syncopated all to hell like a second line thing

Dreamsicle, Fudgesicle, Astro Pop
Nutty Buddy, Eskimo Pie, Push Up
Three Stage Bomb and if that ain’t you scene
The Ice Cream Man don’t only sell Ice Cream

what’s that sound that i hear now
ice cream van don’t sound right somehow
I know that tune it’s the same song
but the way he’s ringing that bell’s all wrong

come on the Ice Cream man play Turkey in the Straw
but play it in the way that I heard before
ring that bell and make it swing
syncopated all to hell like a second line thing