I tell you why I want to dance
It ain't the sweetness in the music
I like the sweetness in the music
But that ain't why I want to dance
It's somethin' thumpin' in the bass
A bumpin' underneath the music
That bum-bum-bumpin' under music
Is all I need to start me off
I don't need nothin' else to start me off

Beat out that rhythm on a drum
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
And I don't need no tune at all
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
And I don't need no tune at all

I feel it beatin' in my bones
It feels like twenty million tom-toms
I know there's twenty million tom-toms
Beatin' way down deep inside my bones
I feel it beatin' in my heart
And then I get a kinda dream
And in my dream it kinda seems
There's just one heart for all the world
There ain't but one big heart for all the world!
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
There's one big heart for all the world!
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
There's one big heart for all the world!

And now my heart is beatin' fast
And that's a rhythm I can dance to
I'm mighty glad I got a chance to
With that one big heart that's beatin' fast
Tomorrow mornin' let it rain
Tomorrow mornin' let it pour
Tonight we're in the groove together
Ain't gonna worry 'bout stormy weather
Gonna kick ol' trouble out the door!

Beat out ol' trouble on a drum
Beat out ol' trouble on a drum
Beat out ol' trouble on a drum
And kick his carcass out the door!
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
Beat out that rhythm on a drum
And kick ol' trouble out the door!
Kick 'im out the door!
Kick 'im out the door!
Kick 'im out the door!
Kick 'im out the door!
Yeah!