Everybody loves to cha-cha-cha Little children like to cha-cha-cha They like to cha-cha-cha They like to cha-cha-cha Everybody likes to cha-cha-cha Took my baby to the hop last night And what to my surprise When we got there she hit me with the news Right between the eyes, yeah She said she couldn't do the cha-cha-cha She said she couldn't do the cha-cha-cha She couldn't, no she couldn't cha-cha-cha Ooh, my baby couldn't do the cha-cha-cha I told her not to worry They'd play some other dance But we sat there for an hour and a half And we never got a chance For every song they played was the cha-cha-cha Every song they played was the cha-cha-cha Three for two, cha-cha-cha Ooh, every number was the cha-cha-cha I told her not to worry There's only one thing we can do Baby, if you let me take you by the hand I'm gonna teach this dance to you Then I taught her one-two, ooh, one-two And up now, baby, and back now That's right, turn now All right, let's cross now, ooh I taught my baby how to cha-cha-cha We kept on dancing And was I surprised For you see, after we practiced for a little while She was doing it better than me Now my baby loves to do the cha-cha-cha Ooh, she loves to do the cha-cha-cha She likes the cha-cha-cha Ooh, she likes the cha-cha-cha Ooh, everybody likes the cha-cha-cha They're doing one-two, all right, one-two And up now, all right, back now All right, baby, let's cross now, ooh And turn now Whoa, whoa, whoa-oh-oh La-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha