Songwriter: Mike Chapman Nicky Chinn
Ready, Greg? (I don't care)
Kevin? (Yeah!)
James? (Satan!)
Alright, fellas. Lets go!
Oh its been getting so hard
Living with what society's done to me
Our dreams are getting so strange
We'd like to tell you everything we see
There's a cop in the back
And a matter of fact
His eyes were as red as the sun
And this skinhead in the corner
Lets no one ignore him
He thinks he's the scariest one
Oh yeah!
It was like lightning!
Everybody was frightening!
And the music was trashy!
And we all started thrashing!
Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
And the cop in the back
Said everyone attack
And it turned into
A Ballroom Blitz
And the girl in the corner
Said "Boy, i wanna warn ya
It'll turn into a Ballroom Blitz
Ballroom Blitz!
Ballroom Blitz!
We're reaching out for something
Drinking beer is all we ever do
We softly call you over
When you appear there's nothing left of you
And the cop in the back
Is ready to crack
As he raises his club to the sky
And the girl in the corner
Is everyone's mourner
She could kill you with a wink of her eye
Yeah, it was electric!
So frantically hectic!
And the music was trashy!
And they all started crashing!
Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
And the cop in the back
Said everyone attack
And it turned into
A Ballroom Blitz
And the girl in the corner
Said "Boy, i wanna warn ya
It'll turn into a Ballroom Blitz
Ballroom Blitz!
Ballroom Blitz!
It's its, a Ballroom Blitz!
It's its, a Ballroom Blitz!
It's its, a Ballroom Blitz!
Yeah! It's its, a Ballroom Blitz!
Kevin? (Yeah!)
James? (Satan!)
Alright, fellas. Lets go!
Oh its been getting so hard
Living with what society's done to me
Our dreams are getting so strange
We'd like to tell you everything we see
There's a cop in the back
And a matter of fact
His eyes were as red as the sun
And this skinhead in the corner
Lets no one ignore him
He thinks he's the scariest one
Oh yeah!
It was like lightning!
Everybody was frightening!
And the music was trashy!
And we all started thrashing!
Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
And the cop in the back
Said everyone attack
And it turned into
A Ballroom Blitz
And the girl in the corner
Said "Boy, i wanna warn ya
It'll turn into a Ballroom Blitz
Ballroom Blitz!
Ballroom Blitz!
We're reaching out for something
Drinking beer is all we ever do
We softly call you over
When you appear there's nothing left of you
And the cop in the back
Is ready to crack
As he raises his club to the sky
And the girl in the corner
Is everyone's mourner
She could kill you with a wink of her eye
Yeah, it was electric!
So frantically hectic!
And the music was trashy!
And they all started crashing!
Yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
And the cop in the back
Said everyone attack
And it turned into
A Ballroom Blitz
And the girl in the corner
Said "Boy, i wanna warn ya
It'll turn into a Ballroom Blitz
Ballroom Blitz!
Ballroom Blitz!
It's its, a Ballroom Blitz!
It's its, a Ballroom Blitz!
It's its, a Ballroom Blitz!
Yeah! It's its, a Ballroom Blitz!
more tracks from the album
From the album
- 7 songs (1986)
The Offspring popular songs
- Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)
- You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid
- Self Esteem
- The Kids Aren’t Alright
- Come Out and Play (Keep ’Em Separated)
- Why Don’t You Get a Job?
- Gone Away
- Bad Habit
- Want You Bad
- Hit That
- Original Prankster
- Americana
- All I Want
- Let the Bad Times Roll
- Gotta Get Away
- Slim Pickens Does the Right Thing and Rides the Bomb to Hell
- She’s Got Issues
- Smash
- Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?
- Hammerhead
- Walla Walla
- Have You Ever
- Staring at the Sun
- We Never Have Sex Anymore