Boogie Woogie Man

Children, here's a story of a new kind of boogie man

And he doesn't scare you with an eerie scream

He's a leader of a solid ghost boogie-woogie band

And he makes them play on the beam

Every night when you're asleep, he starts with a rolling bass

And it's sure to put a nightmare in your dream

When he gets 'em in the groove, they all start to rock the place

'Cause he makes them play on the beam

No one knows who he is; anybody could be him

Folks who peek take a peek, and they claim they don't see him!

So if you hear a piano and there's nobody playing it

And it's playing boogie like nobody can

And it hits a rhythm and your feet start obeying it

Look out! It's the boogie-woogie man!

There's a tune that he plays; it's a tune that he made up

And the ghost union card that he carries is paid up

He's really from another world; he's out of this hemisphere

He's been sought by Pilot Vance and Charley Chan

If it's boogie-woogie music, he's likely to appear

Look out! It's the boogie-woogie man!

It's the boogie-woogie man!

It's the boogie-woogie man!

It's the boogie-woogie man!