The Boogiewoogie Man lyrics

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!