The Beat

We're all going on a summer holiday

Vigilantes coming out to follow me

Heard somebody say they're out to collar me

Anybody want to swallow me?

It takes two to tumble, it takes two to tango

Speak up, don't mumble if you're in the combo

On the beat

On the beat

On the beat

On the beat

Till the man comes along and says

"Have you been a good boy?

Never played with your toy?

Though you never enjoy

Such a pleasure to employ"

See your friends in the state they're in

See your friends getting under their skin

See your friends getting taken in

Well, if you only knew the things you do to me

I'd do anything to confuse the enemy

There's only one thing wrong with you befriendin' me

Take it easy, I think you're bendin' me

I've been a bad boy with the standard leader

My neighbor's revving up his Vauxhall Viva

On the beat

On the beat

On the upbeat

Upbeat

Till the man comes along and he says

"Have you been a good boy?

Never played with your toy?

Though you never enjoy

Such a pleasure to employ"

See your friends walking down the street

See your friends, never quite complete

See your friends getting under their feet

Oh, I don't want to disease you

But I'm no good with machinery

Oh, I don't want to freeze you

Stop looking at the scenery

I keep thinking about your mother

Oh, I don't want to lick them

I don't want to be a lover

I just want to be your victim

I don't go out much at night

I don't go out much at all

Did you think you were the only one

Who was waiting for a call?

On the beat

On the beat

On the beat

On the beat

On the upbeat

Upbeat

Till the man comes along and he says

"Have you been a good boy?

Never played with your toy?

Though you never enjoy

Such a pleasure to employ"

See your friends treat me like a stranger

See your friends despite all the arrangements

See your friends, nothing here has changed

Just the beat

Just the beat

Just the beat

Just the beat

Just the beat

Just the beat

Just the beat