Time For Fooling Around

Radio Bootleg: West Side Club
Live Bootleg: Reed College, The Bottom Line 1983
West Side Club

Lyrics

[Hi!
Hello
Now it's time for, uh oh, uh oh, check this out, check this out
We'll do this the next time [[tuning and checking sound levels]]
Ok, my goodness, that's a loud little amplifier]

When I say 'fooling around'
We're talking about what I love
Turn the whole world upside down
Until there's time enough for
Fooling around my baby
Time for fooling around
Fooling around my honey
Time for fooling around

When I say 'fooling around'
We're talking about what I believe in
Turn the whole world upside down
Until there's time so we can
Fool around my baby
Time for fooling around
Well fooling around my honey
Time for fooling around

And when I say oh
When I say oh
When I say oh
It's time for fooling around
Fooling around
Turn the whole world upside down
Fooling around
Fooling around, yeah
Turn it upside down

When I say 'fooling around'
We're talking about what I want more of
Turn the whole world upside down
So there is time for enough for
Fooling around my baby
Time for fooling around
Fooling around my honey
Time for fooling around

When I say 'fooling around'
We're talking about what I want
Turn the whole world upside down
Until there is time for more of
Fooling around my baby
Time for fooling around
Well fooling around my honey
Time for fooling around

And when I say oh
When I say oh
When I say oh
It's time for fooling around
Fooling around
Turn the whole world upside down
Fooling around
Fooling around
Turn it upside down

Reed College

Lyrics

[A good idea, a pretty good idea
I've got something else in mind
I know what it is]

Well, what's it time for?
What's it time for?
What's it time for?
Well it's time for fooling around

It's time for business, no
It's time for work, no
It's time for finance, no
Well it's time for fooling around

And when I say oh
When I say oh
It's time for fooling around my baby
It's time for fooling around
It's time for fooling around my honey
It's time for fooling around

When I talk about fooling around
We're talking about what I love
Turn the whole world upside down
Until there's time enough for
Fooling around my baby
Time for fooling around
Time for fooling around my honey
Time for fooling around

When I talk about fooling around
We're talking about what I do
Turn the whole world upside down
Until there's time to
Fool around my baby
Time for fooling around
Fooling around my honey
Time for fooling around

And when I say oh
When I say oh
When I say oh
When I say
It's time for fooling around
Fooling around
Turn the whole world upside down
Fooling around
Fooling around
Turn the whole upside down

When I say fooling around
We're talking about where I live
Turn the whole world upside down
Until there's time to give to
Fooling around my baby
Time for fooling around
Fooling around my honey

[Let's go up to G now]

Yeah

Well when I say fooling around my baby
It's time for fooling around
Fooling around my honey
It's time for fooling around

When I say fooling around
We're talking about the things I do
Turn the whole world upside down
Until there's time to
Fool around my baby
It's time for fooling around
Fooling around my honey
It's time for fooling around

And when I say oh
When I say oh
It's time for fooling around my baby [[fades]]

The Bottom Line 1983

Lyrics

[We're gonna do another good one for you
???
So this one is called
Well I'm not gonna tell you what it's called
After a few minutes you'll figure out what it's called]

When I say fooling around
We're talking about what I love
Turn the whole place upside down
Until there's time enough for
(Fooling around my baby)
Yeah, time for fooling around
(Fooling around my honey)
Time for fooling around

When I say (fooling around)
We're talking about what I believe in
Turn the whole thing (upside down)
So there's more time for me to
(Fooling around my baby)
Oh yeah, I want much more fooling around [that's what I want you know]
(Fooling around my honey)
I want more fooling around

When I say oh
When I say oh
When I say oh
It's time for fooling around
Fooling around
Yeah turn the whole place upside down
Fooling around
Fooling around
Turn it upside down

When I talk about (fooling around)
We're talking about what I believe in
Turn the whole world (upside down)
So there's more time for me to
(Fooling around my baby)
Yeah, more fooling around, much more
(Fooling around my honey)
Yeah I want more fooling around

When I say fooling around
We're talking about what I love
Turn the whole place upside down
Until there's time enough for
(Fooling around my baby)
Yeah, yeah I want more fooling around
(Fooling around my honey)
???

When I say oh
When I say oh
When I say oh
It's time for fooling around
Fooling around
Yeah turn the whole place upside down
Fooling around
Fooling around
Turn it upside down

When I think about (fooling around)
We're talking about ??? thing
Turn the whole world (upside down)
And there's more time to sing
(Fooling around my baby)
Yeah, I want much more fooling around
(Fooling around my honey)
Yeah I want more fooling around

When I talk about (fooling around)
We're talking about what I believe in
Turn the whole world (upside down)
I maybe I'll get more time for me to
(Fooling around my baby)
Yeah, more fooling around,
(Fooling around my honey)
Yeah I want more fooling around

[One more verse]

When we talk about (fooling around)
We're talking about the same principle
Turn the whole world (upside down)
[I know nothing rhymes with that one but I wanted to give you a hard time]
(Fooling around my baby)
Yeah, I want much more fooling around, much more, much more
(Fooling around my honey)
I want more fooling around

And when I say oh
When I say oh
When I say oh
It's time for fooling around
Fooling around
Yeah turn the whole thing upside down
Fooling around
Fooling around
Turn the thing upside down