In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Get up, get down
Radio, video, boogie with a suitcase
Your livin' in a disco, forget about the rat race
Let's do the milkshake, sellin' like a hotcake
Try some, buy some fee-fi-fo-fum
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Get up, get down
Radio, video, boogie with a suitcase
Your livin' in a disco, forget about the rat race
Let's do the milkshake, sellin' like a hotcake
Try some, buy some fee-fi-fo-fum
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Shoobie, doobie, do wop
I wanna dedicate this
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Everybody made it
Shoobie, doobie do wop
Infiltrate it
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Activate it
New York, London, Paris, Munich
Everybody talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Pop, pop, pop, pop musik
Singing in the subway
Shuffle with a shoe shine
Fix me a Molotov
I'm on the headline
Wanna be a gun slinger
Don't be a rock singer
Eenie, meenie, mynie, moe
Tell me, where you wanna go
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Shoobie doobie do wop
Lyin' in the tree [unverified]
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Eenee, meenie
Shoobie, doobie, do wop
Pop, pop, shoo wop
You know what I mean
Hit it
Now you know what to say
Talk about pop musik
Pop pop pop pop musik
All around the world wherever you are
Dance in the street, anything you like
Do it in your car in the middle of the night
La, la, la
Dance in the super mart
Dig it in the fast lane
Listen to the countdown
They're playin' our song again
I can't get jumping jack
I wanna hold, get back
Moonlight muzak
Knick, knack, patty whack
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Shoobie, doobie, do wop
It's all around you
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Gonna surround you
Shoobie, doobie, do wop
It's all around
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Hit it
New York, London, Paris, Munich
Everybody talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Pop, pop, pop, pop musik
Now, listen
Talk about pop, pop, pop, pop musik
Radio, video, boogie with a suitcase
Your livin' in a disco, forget about the rat race
Let's do the milkshake, sellin' like a hotcake
Try some, buy some fee-fi-fo-fum
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Get up, get down
Radio, video, boogie with a suitcase
Your livin' in a disco, forget about the rat race
Let's do the milkshake, sellin' like a hotcake
Try some, buy some fee-fi-fo-fum
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Shoobie, doobie, do wop
I wanna dedicate this
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Everybody made it
Shoobie, doobie do wop
Infiltrate it
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Activate it
New York, London, Paris, Munich
Everybody talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Pop, pop, pop, pop musik
Singing in the subway
Shuffle with a shoe shine
Fix me a Molotov
I'm on the headline
Wanna be a gun slinger
Don't be a rock singer
Eenie, meenie, mynie, moe
Tell me, where you wanna go
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Shoobie doobie do wop
Lyin' in the tree [unverified]
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Eenee, meenie
Shoobie, doobie, do wop
Pop, pop, shoo wop
You know what I mean
Hit it
Now you know what to say
Talk about pop musik
Pop pop pop pop musik
All around the world wherever you are
Dance in the street, anything you like
Do it in your car in the middle of the night
La, la, la
Dance in the super mart
Dig it in the fast lane
Listen to the countdown
They're playin' our song again
I can't get jumping jack
I wanna hold, get back
Moonlight muzak
Knick, knack, patty whack
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Shoobie, doobie, do wop
It's all around you
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Gonna surround you
Shoobie, doobie, do wop
It's all around
Pop, pop, shoo wop
Hit it
New York, London, Paris, Munich
Everybody talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Talk about pop musik
Pop, pop, pop, pop musik
Now, listen
Talk about pop, pop, pop, pop musik
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Pop Musik Lyrics as written by Robin Edmond Scott
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