Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La da da da dee, la da da da da Charleston was once the rage, uh huh History has turned that page, uh huh The mini skirt's the current thing, uh huh Teenybopper is a newborn king, uh huh And the beat goes on The beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La da da da dee, la da da da da The grocery store's a super mart, uh huh Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh Oh, well, the men still keep on marching off to war Electrically they keep their baseball scores And the beat goes on The beat goes on The beat goes on and on and on And the beat goes on Grandmas sit in chairs and reminisce Boys still chasing girls to get a kiss Well, the cars keep going faster And faster all the time A bum 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 da da da dee, la da da da da Oh and the beat goes on The beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La da da da da da dee La da da da da Oh the beat goes on The beat goes on It goes on, it goes on and on And the beat goes on The beat goes on The beat goes on On and on and on and the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La da da da dee, la da da da da