| Over in the house every night | 
| I bet they have a meetin' and some kind of fight | 
| Yes, they’re breakin' up the house | 
| Yeah, breakin' up the house | 
| If we don’t have a meetin' they’re gonna have some kind of fight | 
| Monday’s this, Tuesday’s that | 
| Wednesdays is the neighborhood chewin' up the fat | 
| Yes, we’re breakin' up the house | 
| Yeah, breakin' up the house | 
| If we don’t have a meetin' | 
| then everybody’s gonna get real tight | 
| Sax | 
| I walked to the corner called the raisin' sun | 
| Raisin' up the roof for as all they’ve done | 
| Yeah, they’re breakin' up the house | 
| They’re breakin' up the house | 
| If they open up the bottle | 
| Then everybody gets real tight | 
| Last night and the night before | 
| 55 people came walkin' through my door | 
| Yeah, they’re breakin' up the house | 
| Aw, they’re breakin' up the house | 
| And if they don’t have a meetin' | 
| They gonna have some kind of fight | 
| Sax | 
| Well, they party in the attic and the cellar too | 
| Call me so crazy man I don’t know what to do Yes, they’re breakin' up the house | 
| They’re breakin' up the house | 
| And if they don’t have a meetin' | 
| They sure gonna have some kind fight | 
| In walked Cindy Lou | 
| She brought her whole family too | 
| Took off the hats, coats and shoes | 
| They ate up all the food then they took | 
| a little snooze | 
| Yes, they’re breakin' up the house | 
| They’re breakin' up the house | 
| If they don’t have a meetin' | 
| They still gonna have a … | 
| Piano | 
| Yeah, breakin' up the house | 
| Yeah, we’re breakin' up the house | 
| Oh, breakin' up the house | 
| Well, we’re breakin' up the house | 
| If they don’t have a meetin' | 
| They gonna have some kind a fight | 
| Yeah, if they don’t have a meetin' | 
| They sure gonna have a fight |