The Beat Goes On

The beat goes on, the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La-de-da-de-de, la-de-da-de-da Charleston was once the rage, ah-huh History has turned the page, ah-huh The miniskirt's the current thing, ah-huh Teenybopper is our newborn king, ah-huh And the beat goes on, the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La-de-da-de-de, la-de-da-de-da The grocery store's the super mart, ah-huh Little girls still break their hearts, ah-huh And men still keep on marching off to war Electrically, they keep a baseball score And the beat goes on, the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La-de-da-de-de, la-de-da-de-da Grandmas sit in chairs and reminisce Boys keep chasing girls to get a kiss The cars keep going faster all the time Bums still cries, "Hey buddy, have you got a dime?" And the beat goes on, the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La-de-da-de-de, la-de-da-de-da And the beat goes on (yes, the beat goes on) And the beat goes on (and the beat goes on, on, on, on, on) The beat goes on And the beat goes on