Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom World is in a mess Politics and taxes and people grinding axes There's no happiness Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom Rhythm be your ale Future doesn't upset me If I can only get me Someone to slap that bass Happiness and not a little When I'm listening to that big bass fiddle Slap that bass, slap it til it's dizzy Slap that bass, keep the rhythm busy Zoom, zoom, zoom, misery, You've got to go! (Echo: Misery, you've got to go!) Slap that bass, use it like a tonic Slap that bass, keep your philharmonic Zoom, zoom, zoom, happiness These would be better off If they zoomed-zoomed now and then Today, you can see that The happiest men all got rhythm In that case, if you want to Slap that bass, slap away your troubles Zoom, zoom, zoom, slap that bass! (I've got to, got to, got to I've got to, got to, got to.)