| A-hey, do it now, huh
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| Yeah, hey
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| Hey-ah, once I was a boogie singer
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| Playing in a rock and roll band
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| I never had no problems, yeah
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| Burning down the one-night stands
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| Then everything around me, yeah
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| It got to start to feeling so low
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| And I decided quickly, yes, I did, heh
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| To disco down and check out the show
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| Yeah, they were dancing and singing
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| And moving to the grooving
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| And just when it hit me
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| Somebody turned around and shouted
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| Play that funky music, white boy
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| Play that funky music right
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| Play that funky music, white boy
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| Lay down the boogie and play that funky music 'til you die, heh heh
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| 'Til you die, yeah (What?)
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| Hear, hear, heh
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| A-heh, I tried to understand this (Yeah)
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| Heh, I thought that they were out of their minds
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| Heh, how could I be so foolish, how could I
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| To not see I was the one behind?
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| So still I kept on fighting
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| Well, losing every step of the way (Hey, what'd you do?)
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| I said, "I must go back there", I got to go back
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| And check to see if things still the same
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| Yeah, they were dancing and singing
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| And moving to the grooving
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| And just when it hit me
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| Somebody turned around and shouted
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| Play that funky music, white boy (Yeah)
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| Play that funky music right, oh
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| Play that funky music, white boy
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| Lay down the boogie and play that funky music 'til you die, heh
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| 'Til you die (Yeah)
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| Whoa, 'til you die
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| Gonna play some electrified funky music, yow!
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| Hey, wait a minute, now first it wasn't easy
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| Changing rock and roll and minds
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| Yeah, things were getting shaky
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| (Yeah) I thought I'd have to leave it behind, uh
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| Ooh, but now it's so much better, it's so much better
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| I'm funking out in every way
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| But I'll never lose that feeling, no, I won't
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| Of how I learned my lesson that day
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| When they were dancing and singing
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| And moving to the grooving
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| And just when it hit me
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| Somebody turned around and shouted
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| Play that funky music, white boy
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| Play that funky music right
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| Play that funky music, white boy
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| Lay down the boogie and play that funky music 'til you die, heh heh
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| 'Til you die (Yeah)
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| Oh, 'til you die, yeah
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| Come on, let's go!
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| (They shouted, play that funky music) Play that funky music
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| (Play that funky music) You gotta keep on playing funky music
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| (Play that funky music) Play that funky music
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| (Play that funky music) Come on and take you higher |