[Intro — Instrumental] Four-on-the-floor kick, funky octave bass, shimmering strings, clipped rhythm guitar, handclaps. Eight bars of irresistible disco groove. [Verse 1] White suit shining in the city light, Saturday fever on a Friday night, One cool cat with a downtown strut, Now here comes the king with a belly like fluff! He's got a sailor hat, he's got a smile, He's been sleepin' in the clouds for a little while, But the street starts shakin' when he hits that beat, And the whole of Manhattan jumps back from his feet! [Pre-Chorus] He's walkin' tall, he's feelin' fine, A hundred feet of dynamite, The traffic stops, the sirens cry, Look out below — he's touchin' the sky! [Chorus — Falsetto harmonies] Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) He's got the fever and he's ten stories high! Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) He's the sweetest little nightmare money can't buy! Oh, he's movin' to the left, He's movin' to the right, He's a marshmallow monster on a Saturday night! Stay-Puft alive! Stay-Puft alive! He's got that disco fever underneath the Halloween sky! [Verse 2] He struts down Broadway in a sailor suit, Bouncin' like a mountain made of sugar and fruit, The taxis scatter and the windows shake, He's the biggest white shadow that the city could make! He sees the lights of a disco below, Hears that bass line pumpin' and he starts to glow, He gives one shuffle and he turns around, Now the whole damn borough's tremblin' underground! [Pre-Chorus] He's got the groove, he's got the style, That big white grin could stretch a mile, The buildings sway, the moon hangs high, And powdered sugar's rainin' from the sky! [Chorus — Bigger harmonies] Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) He's got the fever and he's ten stories high! Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) He's the sweetest little nightmare money can't buy! Oh, he's movin' to the left, He's movin' to the right, He's a marshmallow monster on a Saturday night! Stay-Puft alive! Stay-Puft alive! He's got that disco fever underneath the Halloween sky! [Instrumental Disco Break] Driving bass guitar, bright strings, wah-wah guitar, crisp handclaps, and soaring wordless falsetto harmonies. Ooh, he's fluffy! Ooh, he's fine! He's the biggest disco daddy on the New York line! Ooh, he's groovin'! Ooh, he's sweet! Ten tons of marshmallow with a four-on-the-floor beat! [Bridge — Rising strings and suspenseful harmonies] Ray had a vision, a sugary dream, Now the streets are covered in whipped-cream steam, The Ghostbusters are comin' with their proton-pack glow, But the biggest white dancer just won't let go! Cross those streams, let the sparks fly, There's a fluffy white shadow against the sky, One last shuffle, one last dive, Can anybody stop this marshmallow jive? [Final Chorus — Full falsetto harmony explosion] Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) He's got the fever and he's ten stories high! Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) He's the fluffiest disaster money can't buy! He's movin' to the left, He's movin' to the right, He's turnin' New York into marshmallow night! Stay-Puft alive! Stay-Puft alive! He's got that disco fever underneath the Halloween sky! [Outro — Repeating harmonies over fading strings] Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) Stay-Puft alive! (Stay alive!) That big white belly and his sailor hat, He's the king of the street — now imagine that! Stay-Puft alive! Stay-Puft alive! Falsetto harmonies fade into the night. Stay... Puft... alive! [End — Final bass note and orchestral string flourish]
