[Verse 1]
You'll be goin' out with radio
Goin' out with disco, goin' out like bacchanal
I'll be goin' out with telephone
Goin' out alone, to the radar zone

[Chorus]
It's all just inadvertent imitation, and I don't mean mine
It's all across this nation
If it's just inadvertent simulation, a pattern in all mankind
What's got the whole world fakin' it?

[Verse 2]
I'll be playin' with my magazine
Usin' up my Listerine, like Ovaltine
And you'll be dippin' in your battleship
For the latest tip, for the latest dream

[Chorus]
It's all just inadvertent imitation, and I don't mean mine
It's all across this nation
If it's just inadvertent simulation, a pattern in all mankind
What's got the whole world fakin' it?

[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
If it's just inadvertent imitation, a pattern in all mankind
What's got the whole world fakin' (it)?
What's got the whole world fakin'?
What's got the whole world fakin'?
What's got the whole world fakin'?
What's got the whole world fakin' (it, yeah)