Well not to long ago in nineteen forty-four
   When every mother's son was goin' off to war
   They had to lift they spirits high (High!)
   For Uncle Sam, motherhood and apple pie
   Instead of spendin' money that they didn't have
   In hot spot in the Bronx
   They went to hear the kinf of jazz
   You hear in funky honky-tonks
  
   It made you wanna
   Jump, shout, knock yourself out
   Boogie-woogie beat is what I'm talkin' about
   If you had the heebie-jeebies you could dance away
   To the boogie-woogie music the piano man was playin'
   You could jump, shout, knock yourself out
   Boogie-woogie beat is what I'm talkin' about
   You could pull a switcheroonie if you felt low down
   With the boogie-woogie beat of a piano man who's goin' to town
  
   It had the kind of rhythm that would fill the hall
   The plinkin' and the plunkin' drove 'em up the wall
   Then they would dance and drink their gin
   And when the fuzz buzzed they'd join in
   So everybody partied 'till the cows came home
   'Cause that's what boogie's for
   And every night that dump would jump
   And keep 'em comin' back for more
  
   Because it made you wanna
   Jump, shout, knock yourself out
   Boogie-woogie beat is what I'm talkin' about
   If you had the heebie-jeebies you could dance away
   To the boogie-woogie music the piano man was playin'
   You could jump, shout, knock yourself out
   Boogie-woogie beat is what I'm talkin' about
   You could pull a switcheroonie if you felt low down
   With the boogie-woogie beat of a piano man who's goin' to town
  
   It made you wanna
   Jump, shout
   (Foo-der-acka-sacki)
   Wanna jump, shout
   (Slip the talcum to me Malcom)
   You wanna jump, shout
   (Floy-doy, floy-doy)
   To the boogie-woogie music the piano man was playin'
   And you could jump, shout, knock yourself out
   Boogie-woogie beat is what I'm talkin' about
   You could pull a switcheroonie if you felt low down
   To the boogie-woogie beat of a piano man who's goin' to town
  
   Shake it, yes, yes, yes