[Intro] I'm the Scatman [Chorus] Ski-bi-dibby-dib-yo-da-dub-dub Yo-da-dub-dub Ski-bi-dibby-dib-yo-da-dub-dub Yo-da-dub-dub (I'm the Scatman) Ski-bi-dibby-dib yo-da-dub-dub Yo-da-dub-dub Ski-bi-dibby-dib yo-da-dub-dub Yo-da-dub-dub Ba-da-ba-da-ba-be-bop-bop-bodda-bope Bop-ba-bodda-bope Be-bop-ba-bodda-bope Bop-ba-bodda Ba-da-ba-da-ba-be-bop-ba-bodda-bope Bop-ba-bodda-bope Be-bop-ba-bodda-bope Bop-ba-bodda-bope [Verse 1] Everybody stutters one way or the other So check out my message to you As a matter of fact, I don't let nothing hold you back If the Scatman can do it, so can you Everybody's saying that the Scatman stutters But doesn't ever stutter when he sings But what you don't know, I'm gonna tell you right now That the stutter and the scat is the same thing, yo [Bridge] I'm the Scatman Where's the Scatman? I'm the Scatman [Verse 2] Why should we be pleasing in the politician heathens Who would try to change the seasons if they could? The state of the condition insults my intuitions And it only makes me crazy and a heart like wood Everybody stutters one way or the other So check out my message to you As a matter of fact, I'm letting nothing hold you back If the Scatman can do it, brother, so can you I'm the Scatman [Chorus] Ba-da-ba-da-ba-be-bop-bop-bodda-bope Bop-ba-bodda-bope Be-bop-ba-bodda-bope Bop-ba-bodda Ba-da-ba-da-ba-be-bop-ba-bodda-bope Bop-ba-bodda-bope Be-bop-ba-bodda-bope Bop-ba-bodda-bope Ski-bi-dibby-dib yo-da-dub-dub Yo-da-dub-dub Ski-bi-dibby-dib yo-da-dub-dub Yo-da-dub-dub Ski-bi-dibby-dib yo-da-dub-dub Yo-da-dub-dub Ski-bi-dibby-dib yo-da-dub-dub Yo-da-dub-dub [Verse 3] Everybody stutters one way or the other So check out my message to you As a matter of fact, I don't let nothing hold you back If the Scatman can do it, so can you I hear y'all ask 'bout the meaning of scat Well, I'm the professor and all I can tell you is While you're still sleeping, the saints are still weeping 'Cause things you called dead haven't yet had the chance to be born I'm the Scatman [Chorus] Ba-da-ba-da-ba-be-bop-bop-bodda-bope Bop-ba-bodda-bope Be-bop-ba-bodda-bope Bop-ba-bodda Ba-da-ba-da-ba-be-bop-ba-bodda-bope Bop-ba-bodda-bope Be-bop-ba-bodda-bope Bop-ba-bodda-bope Ski-bi-dibby-dib yo-da-dub-dub Yo-da-dub-dub Ski-bi-dibby-dib yo-da-dub-dub Yo-da-dub-dub Ski-bi-dibby-dib yo-da-dub-dub Yo-da-dub-dub Ski-bi-dibby-dib yo-da-dub-dub Yo-da-dub-dub (yeah, I'm the Scatman) [Outro] Dong-dong-dong-ding-ding-dong-dong Wo-go-ez-ze-ze-za-de-ya-de-za-de-ya-ze-ze-zee Dong-ding-dong-dong-dong-do-dong-ding Where's the Scatman? I'm the Scatman