Beat Crazy

Lyrics

[Intro] Ahhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhh! What do you want, blood? [Verse 1: Graham Maby] Kids today They're all the same All call themselves Some crazy name [Pre-Chorus: Joe Jackson] Yeah! Mods and Rockers and Beatle freaks Punks and skunks and kooks and geeks You're lookin' in a mirror but you can't see your face, huh! Look in a mirror but you can't see your face [Verse 2: Graham Maby] All those drugs They can't be sane All that noise Affects their brains [Pre-Chorus: Joe Jackson] Tell it! Sniffin' pot, smoking glue Whatever terrible things they do Smokin' LSD and such It must be the reason why they can't talk much [Chorus: Joe Jackson & Graham Maby] And it's such a crime How they waste their time They can't get nowhere They've all gone beat crazy! Beat crazy! [Verse 3: Graham Maby] They say the world Is in a mess But they can talk The way they dress [Pre-Chorus: Joe Jackson] Yes! See the knee through the hole in their jeans A hole in their pocket and it looks so mean Hole in your T-shirt What's that you said? About as clever as a hole in the head [Verse 4: Graham Maby] Can't get no jobs Can't get careers With safety pins Stuck through their ears [Pre-Chorus: Joe Jackson] Cut your hair, wuh! Dye it green, wuh! See it shine, with Brylcreem A little dab'll do ya, a little dab a day Or rub a dub it in a dreadlocks way [Chorus: Joe Jackson & Graham Maby] And it's such a crime How they waste their time They can't get nowhere They've all gone beat crazy! Beat crazy! [Verse 5: Graham Maby] And if the Russians Ever come They'll all be beating Bongo drums [Pre-Chorus] Damn, beatniks rule! Dropped out of kindergarten Dropped out of school Really hot on my bongo drums, rrrrrrrrrrr Really hot on my bongo drums [Verse 6: Graham Maby] So who'll defend In World War Three Where could we turn? Where would they be? [Pre-Chorus: Joe Jackson] Tell her! Down the cellar, filled with smoke Laughing at the latest joke Doing the latest dance to do The Frug and the Shimmy and the Suzi Q [Chorus: Joe Jackson & Graham Maby] And it's such a crime How they waste their time They can't get nowhere They've all gone beat crazy! Beat crazy! [Outro: Joe Jackson] You're lookin' in a mirror but you can't see your face Drrrrrrrrr, ba ba ba ba Beat crazy! Red star rock and a business skank and a blue jean bobber and a Beat crazy! Huhhhhh uhhhhh uhhh Baba baba baba Beat crazy!