When you hear sweet syncopation
And the music softly moans
T ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones
When it gets too hot for comfort
And you can't get an ice cream cone
'T ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones
Just like those bamboo babies
Down in the South Sea tropic zone
T' ain't no sin to take off your skin
And dance around in your bones

When you hear sweet syncopation, and the music softly moans
't ain't no sin to take off your skin, and dance around in your bones

When it gets too hot for comfort, and you can't get an ice cream cone
't ain't no sin to take off your skin, and dance around in your bones

Just like those bamboo babies, down in the South Sea tropic zone
't ain't no sin to take off your skin, and dance around in your bones