Mommy and Dad are never nervous or mad
When you teenagers go, downtown
Daddy and Mom just stay at home and be calm
And watch the late, late show, uptown
'Cause when you kids are gone
We get to spend some time alone here
That's our only chance to use
The bathtub or the phone here
When you're away
Besides, we're stuck where we are
Because you kids took our money
You kids took our car and went
Downtown, where can you possibly
Downtown, it's twenty after three
Downtown, what do you mean by, "Let's frug"?
You don't come home till 4 a.m. 'cause you're roaming
In the streets somewhere, downtown
We would feel swell if only someone would tell us
What goes on down there, downtown
But every time we ask you
What you're doing after dark there
You just say that you were fruging
To Petula Clark there
That's what I mean
So, kids, give your folks a break
Because you're driving us crazy
We sit here all night and take
Pill town, swallowing pills
So we'll calm down, counting the hours you're
Downtown, you and your frug and your flop
While we're lying there
We try to watch the television
Then you call us up
And say you've had a slight collision
There goes the car
Besides that you've been arrested
So we've got to get up
And we've got to get dressed and go
Downtown, borrow a car and go
Downtown, that's where you are, you finks
Downtown, wait 'til I get you kids home
There'll be no more fruging
No swing, no jerk
No mashed potato, no flop
And you know what else?
You're gonna stay home tonight
And your mother and I are going downtown
And we're going to dance the tango
And the waltz and the foxtrot
And we're gonna do the bunny hop
That's a nice dance
And there'll be no more fruging
Is that quite clear?
No more fruging