Lock the door and stop complaining
   Gather 'round and listen well
   From now on we're entertaining
   How to hotten up this hell.
  
   Hold the mood and hold the chatter
   Skip the food and stop the clatter
   Can't you hear that pitter-patter?
   We're not here to eat.
   We came for the heat!
  
   Let's raise the roof
   Let's make a scene
   Let's hop the gods of love
   Will shine above
   And show the way.
   Let's call the shots
   Let's roll the dice
   Take my advice
   It always pays
   To raise the roof!
  
   Crush the ice and shake forever
   Tell the evening where to go
   And if you need a new endeavor
   I can teach you what I know
  
   Grab your partner by the collar
   Bribe the barman with a dollar
   Just ignite that mighty holler
   Lead me to the trough
   Till the light goes off!
  
   Let's raise the roof
   Let's make a scene
   Let's hop the gods of love
   Will shine above
   And show the way.
   Let's call the shots
   Let's roll the dice
   Take my advice
   It always pays to raise the roof!
  
   Cut the strings and set the table
   Gather roses on your way
   Welcome to our Tower of Babel
   Learn the language, come what may.
  
   Spare me how the wind is blowing
   If you keep the whiskey flowing
   You can reap what you've been sowing
   If you walk the plank
   You've got me to thank
  
   Let's raise the roof
   Let's make a scene
   Let's hope the gods of love
   Will shine above
   And show the way.
   Let's call the shots
   Let's roll the dice
  
   The time for playing nice has run
   Before the big hand hits the one
   We've got to do what must be done
  
   Raise the roof
   Raise the roof
   Raise the roof
   Raise the roof