Shoot 'em for he run now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey
Put on your red dress
And then you go downtown now
I said buy yourself a shotgun now
We're gonna break it down, baby now
We're gonna load it up, baby now
And then you shoot him for he run now
I said shotgun
Shoot 'em for he run now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey
Shotgun
Shoot 'em for he run now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey
Put on your high heel shoes
I said we're goin' down here to listen to 'em play the blues
We're gonna dig potatoes
We're gonna pick tomatoes
I said shotgun
Shoot 'em for he run now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey
I said it's twine time
I said it's twine time
I said it's twine time
Hey, what'd I say?
This ending line has resulted in much confusion from listeners then and now, and even Motown boss Berry Gordy misheard it. Junior Walker recalled in a later interview with Nelson George:
At session’s end even Berry asked, “What are you saying at the end, man? What were you saying at the end? … Sounded like you were saying ‘Crying time.’” I said, “No, it’s Twine Time.‘” He said, “Well, it’s pretty good, it’s pretty good.” Then he called me three weeks later and said, “Man, this record is tearin’ up.”
