Next to Lousiana on the Texas side,
There's a little country joint where they let it ride
There's a boogie woogie man on the piano,
An' all the backwoods boppers shoutin': "Go cat, go"

They've never been afraid of the Boogie Man
Nothin' makes you feel better than the boogie woogie can
So don't you be afraid of the Boogie Man:
He'll take you down to New Orleans where that rhythm all began
So don't you,
Don't you be afraid of the Boogie Man

Grandpa's in the corner in his fishing clothes,
Reelin' to the rhythm everywhere it goes
All the boogie woogie babies tearing up the floor
When they get a little bit, they want a little bit more

They've never been afraid of the Boogie Man
Nothin' makes you feel better than the boogie woogie can
So don't you be afraid of the Boogie Man:
He'll take you down to New Orleans where that rhythm all began
So don't you,
Don't you be afraid of the Boogie Man

Instrumental break

In a red El Dorado, at the break of day,
That Boogie Woogie man'll be slipping away
Although you're never gonna know it when he's out of sight,
He'll shut a juke box down again tomorrow night

He's never been afraid of the Boogie Man
Nothin' makes you feel better than the boogie woogie can
So don't you be afraid of the Boogie Man:
He'll take you down to New Orleans where that rhythm all began
It works for me, it'll work for you,
He'll have you doin' things that you didn't know you knew
So don't you,
Don't you be afraid
No, don't ya,
Don't you be afraid of the Boogie Man, no