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The lonely Island featuring Julian Casablancas
INTRO: Fm Ab Bbm Cm
VERSE:
Fm Ab
Imagine in your mind a posh country club
Bbm Cm
The stuffy old money where the poor get snubbed
Fm Ab
The spread is bland, sauerkraut and boiled goose
Bbm Cm
There's no way these people will ever cut loose
Fm Ab
But then I walk in the room, hold my boombox high
Bbm Cm
And what happened next will blow your mind
CHORUS:
Fm Bbm
Everything got out of control
Eb Ab Abmaj7
The music was so entrancing
Fm Bbm
Everyone got out on the floor
Eb Ab Abmaj7
It was a bunch of old, white people dancing
VERSE:
Fm Ab
The Big Apple, where people never dance
Bbm Cm Eb
Spirits go down while profits expand
Fm Ab
The cops or the dealers, who's got the juice
Bbm Cm
The street vendors peddling their boiled goose
Fm Ab
So many types of people, they'll never get along
Bbm Cm
Till I bust out my boombox and play this song
Fm Bbm
The music washed away all the hate
Eb Ab Abmaj7
And society started advancing
Fm Bbm
Every demographic was represented
Eb Ab Abmaj7
It was a rainbow coalition of dancing
BRIDGE:
Fm Bbm Eb Ab Abmaj7
Woah, everyone was wearing fingerless gloves
Fm Bbm Eb Ab Abmaj7
Woah, I saw a Spanish guy doing the Bartman
VERSE:
Fm Bbm
Transport now to an old folks home
Eb Ab Abmaj7
Where the elderly are tossed on their brittle bones
Fm Bbm
The orderlies are stealing, there's no excuse
Eb Ab
Every day for lunch they eat boiled goose
Fm Ab
So I grabbed my boombox and hit the turbo bass
Bbm Cm Eb
And what happened next was a total disgrace
CHORUS:
Fm Bbm
Everybody started having sex
Eb Ab Abmaj7
The music was way too powerful
Fm Bbm
A bunch of old people fucking like rabbits
Eb Ab Abmaj7
It was disgusting to say the least
OUTRO:
Fm Bbm
A boombox can change the world
Eb Ab Abmaj7
You gotta know your limits with a boombox
Fm Bbm
This was a cautionary tale
Eb Ab Abmaj7 Fm
A boombox is not a toy
VERSE:
Fm
Now, picture if you will a bunch of businessmen
Stuffed in the boardroom like pigs in a pen
The ties around their necks are like a hangman's noose
In the middle of the table, there's a boiled goose
The old people smell makes you want to puke in the sink
These dudes'll never dance, yeah, that's what you think
I stride in the room all young and hip
Hold up my boombox and say, "Listen to this!"
Then everyone started to move
People rejoiced instead of financing
Your preconceived notions were shattered
By the super old, white people dancing
VERSE:
Fm
Now, picture if you will a bunch of businessmen
Stuffed in the boardroom like pigs in a pen
The ties around their necks are like a hangman's noose
In the middle of the table, there's a boiled goose
The old people smell makes you want to puke in the sink
These dudes'll never dance, yeah, that's what you think
I stride in the room all young and hip
Hold up my boombox and say, "Listen to this!"
Then everyone started to move
People rejoiced instead of financing
Your preconceived notions were shattered
By the super old, white people dancing
Other versions of this song
- Boombox (Bass)
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025