Play That Funky Music Songtext
von Wild Cherry

Hey, do it now, huh
Yeah, hey

Hey, once I was a boogie singer
Playing in a rock ′n' roll band
I never had no problems, yeah
Burning down the one-night stands
Then everything around me, yeah
It got to start to feeling so low
And I decided quickly, yes, I did, heh
To disco down and check out the show

Yeah, they were dancing and singing
And moving to the grooving
And just when it hit me
Somebody turned around and shouted...


"Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, white boy
Lay down the boogie and play that funky music ′til you die" (heh, heh)
'Til you die, yeah, uh
Here, here, ha

Well, I tried to understand this (yeah)
Heh, I thought that they were out of their minds
How could I be so foolish? How could I?
To not see I was the one behind?
So still I kept on fighting
Well, losing every step of the way (hey, what'd you do?)
I said, "I must go back there," I got to go back
And check to see if things still the same

Yeah, they were dancing and singing
And moving to the grooving
And just when it hit me
Somebody turned around and shouted...

"Play that funky music, white boy (yeah)
Play that funky music right, oh
Play that funky music, white boy
Lay down the boogie and play that funky music ′til you die" (heh)
′Til you die (yeah)
Oh, 'til you die
Gonna play some electrified funky music, yow


Ah, ha, ha

Hey, wait a minute, now first it wasn′t easy
Changing rock 'n′ roll and minds
Yeah, things were getting shaky (yeah)
I thought I'd have to leave it behind, uh
Ooh, but now it′s so much better, it's so much better
I'm funking out in every way
But I′ll never lose that feeling, no, I won′t
Of how I learned my lesson that day

When they were dancing and singing
And moving to the grooving
And just when it hit me
Somebody turned around and shouted

"Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right
Play that funky music, white boy
Lay down the boogie and play that funky music 'til you die" (heh)
′Til you die (yeah)
Oh, 'til you die, yeah
Come on, let′s go!

(They shouted, "play that funky music") play that funky music
(Play that funky music) you gotta keep on playing funky music
(Play that funky music) play that funky music
(Play that funky music) come on and take you higher

Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right, yeah
Play that funky music, white boy
Play that funky music right, yeah

Play that funky music (white boy)
Play that funky music (right, yeah)
Play that funky music (honky)
Play that funky music (right, ha)
Play that funky...