I got nothin' to eat in this old house
I gotta go out and catch a mouse
I can't be wrong, so I gotta be rightIt's eat or be eatenSomething's hungry like a hunter
And it's probing like a finger
As the drumbeat keeps things hurrying
That's the part that's so appealingIt's the beat that dominates
Each breath you draw
Each step you take
Strike or be strickenEat or be eaten yum, yum, yum, yum
Eat or be eatenYour skills are highly specialized
But still that girl can magnetize
You sense the hunger in her eyesIt's beat or be beatenThere's no softness in her eyes
A weird dull glint is in her eyes
With a stubborn will to tantalizeLike some cheap devil in disguise
And it's troubling me
Hell, it's nervy, that's what it isEat or be eaten
Beat or be beaten
Strike or be strickenThe night is dark the night is pulp
Tilt back your head and take a gulp of air
That's screamed a thousand timesThe main thing is to victimize
It's just the night for a conquering tribe
Oh, it's just the night for a conquering tribeEat or be eaten
Beat or be beatenFaster than the arrow flies
Or the man who smiles while he lies
It's just the night for a conquering tribe
And the girls are calling in her yellow dressThat girl is calling in a yellow dress
She says, "Eat, eat, eat here boys
Eat, eat, eat here boys"And then a bop a doo ba doop ba abop
A dooba ba bop bohma bop a doo bop bohm
A doopee dee a dop adoop
A bum bayo bayum bohmbayum