Lyrics:

Come on everybody
Get on your feet
Get with the beat
There's a brand new dance craze sweeping the nation
And it's called the Funky Western Civilization

Well there's a riot in the courthouse
There's a fire in the street
There's a sinner bein' trampled
By a thousand pious feet
There's a baby every minute
Bein' born without a chance
Now don't that make you want
To jump right up and start to dance?

Let's do the Funky
The Funky Western Civilization
It's really spunky
It's just like summertime vacation
You just grab your partner by the hair
Throw her down and leave her there

They put Jesus on a cross
They put a hole in J.F.K
They put Hitler in the driver's seat
And looked the other way
Now they've got poison in the water
And the whole world in a trance
But just because we're hypnotized
That don't mean we can't dance

We've got the Funky
The Funky Western Civilization
So so very spunky
It's just like summertime vacation
You just drag your partner through the dirt
Put 'em in a world of hurt

Yes, you get down
Good God, you get funky
You get Western
Own up to it boys and girls
And if you try real hard
Maybe you can even get, you know
Kinda, aw maybe kinda
Civilized



This is the Funky
The Funky Western Civilization
It's so so very spunky
It's just like the summertime vacation
All's you gotta do is find something to keep somewhere
Throw it way up in the air
Never mind the parents

Yes, it's a Funky, a Funky Western Civilization
And it may seem kind of skunky, you know
But it's a hit in every nation, all across the universe
That's because all it's gotta do is
Grab your partner by the hair
Throw her down and leave her there
I mean what could be similar, you know
And a guitar has gold
And I, I've never heard nothing like this in my life
Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know what to make of it
Good God almighty
Scares me every time I hear it
Scares me every time I think about it
Yes it's a Funky, a Funky Western Civilization
And it's oh so very spunky
You know t's just like summertime vacation, yeah yeah
Because all it's gotta do is
Grab your partner by the hair
Throw her down and leave her there