Let me tell you about a place, somewhere up in New York way Where the people are so gay, twistin' the night away Here they have a lot of fun, puttin' trouble on the run Oh man, you'll find the old and young twistin' the night away They're twistin', twistin', everybody's feeling great They're twistin', twistin', they're twistin' the night away Here's a man in evening clothes, how he got here I don't know But man, you ought to see him go, twistin' the night away He's dancing with a chick in slacks, she's moving up and back Oh man, there ain't nothing like twistin' the night away They're twistin', twistin', everybody's feeling great They're twistin', twistin', they're twistin' the night, let's twist, go on They're twistin' the night away Here's a fellow in blue jeans, who's dancing with the older queen Whose dolled up in her diamond rings and twistin' the night away Man you ought to see her go, twistin' to the Rock and Roll Here you'll find the young and the old, twistin' the night away They're twistin', twistin' man, everybody's feeling great They're twistin', twistin', they're twistin' the night, one more time