Hey, do it now!
Yeah, hey!
Hey.

Once I was a funky singer
Playin' in a rock'n'roll band
And never had no problems, yeah
Burnin' down the one night stands.

And everything around me, yeah
Got to stop to feelin' so low
And I decided quickly, yes, I did
To disco down and check out the show.

Yeah, they were dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin'
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 that boogie and play that funky music 'till you die.

'Till you die
Hey, yeah.

Well, I tried to understand this, yeah, huh
I thought that they were out of their minds
How could I be so foolish, how could I?
Tonight's the hours, the one behind.

So still I kept on fightin'
Oh, loosin' every step of the way (Yeah, what'd you do?)
I said: "I must go back there", got to go back
And check to see if things still the same.

Yeah, they were dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin'
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 that boogie and play that funky music 'till you die.

'Till you die
Oh, 'till you die.

Come on
Play some electrified funky music.

Hey wait a minute
Now first it wasn't easy
Changin' rock'n'roll and minds
And things were getting shaky
I thought I'd have to leave it behind.

Oh, but now it's so much better, it's so much better
I'm funkin out in every way
But-I'll never lose that feelin', no I won't
Of how I learned my lesson that day.

When they were dancin' and singin'
And movin' to the groovin'
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 that boogie and play that funky music 'till you die.

'Till you die
Oh, 'till you die, yeah.

(They shouted play that funky music) Play that funky music
(Play that funky music) Gotta keep on playin' funky music
(Play that funky music) Play that funky music
(Play that funky music) Wanna take you higher now.

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

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