Again you announce while you whirl and bounceIntentions to pounce on the beat menaceNo woman or man could ever withstandThe devious plans of the beat menaceCome to lay you low, we’ve come to vex your soulFeeling the heat, hell at your feetDon’t even speak of the beat menaceSomething to take away your innocenceSomeone to blame it onHelps you to defeatDancing in the streetCome to lay you low, we’ve come to vex youResolved in your mind- the nature of crimeIs to swallow the line of the beat menaceImagination’s on the rise againSo hide your heart awayDust off the fears and guilts and lies againThe beat is here to stayYour satellite can reach that EskimoHe buys a suit and tieRe-styles his hair like girls in TupeloAnd sings « Sweet Bye And Bye »He’s meeting all your strange requirementsHe thinks you can’t be fooledHe’ll get the rules and laws and sacramentsBy sending checks to youWe’ve come to bring you low