Kredity
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joe Jackson
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joe Jackson
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Joe Jackson
Producer
David Kershenbaum
Producer
Texty
[Verse 1]
Ah
Ah
[Verse 2]
What do you want, blood?
[Verse 3]
Kids today
They're all the same
All call themselves
Some crazy name, yeah
[Verse 4]
Monks 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 5]
All those drugs
They can't be sane
All that noise
Affects their brains, tell it!
[Verse 6]
Sniffin' pot, smokin' glue
Whatever terrible, things they do
Smokin' LSD and such
It must be the reason why they can't talk much
[Verse 7]
And it's such a crime
How they waste their time
They can't get nowhere
They've all gone beat crazy
[Verse 8]
Beat crazy
[Verse 9]
They say the world
Is in a mess
But they can talk
The way they dress, yes
[Verse 10]
See the knee through the hole in their jeans
A hole in their pocket and they looks so mean
Hole in your t-shirt, what's that you said?
You're about as clever as a hole in the head
[Verse 11]
Can't get no jobs
Can't get no careers
With safety pins
Stuck through their ears
[Verse 12]
Cut your hair, dye it green
See it shine with Brylcreem
A little dab'll do ya, a little dab a day
Or rub-a-dub it in a dreadlock's way
[Verse 13]
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 14]
And if the Russians
Ever come
They'll all be beating
Bongo drums
[Verse 15]
Damn, beatniks rule
Dropped out of kindergarten, dropped out of school
Really hot on my bongo drums
Really hot on my bongo drums
[Verse 16]
So who'll defend
In World War III?
Where could we turn?
Where would they be?
Tell her
[Verse 17]
Down the cellar, filled with smoke
Laughing at the latest joke
Doing the latest dance to do
The Frog and The Shimmy and The Suzie-Q
[Verse 18]
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 19]
You're lookin' in a mirror but you can't see your face
Beat crazy
Red star rock and a business shank, and a blue jean bobber, there's a
Beat crazy
Beat crazy
Written by: Joe Jackson

