Lyrics Tom Tom Club

Tom Tom Club

Booming & Zooming

If they could see me now, booming and zooming

If they could see me now, booming and zooming

F one O four, come in F one O four

C'mon get down F one O four, ho, get back up F one O four

Aw, now, one more time for me on the ground

F one O four get down

'Cause you know and I know it's a private thing

At twice the speed of sound blue goes to black

You're spinning flat like a skipping stone F one O four

But don't green apple okay we want no defenestrations today okay

F one O four where are you at? Play it Kenneth

Uh you think you're staying cool while it's getting hot, eh?

F one O four here, uh, stop flapping your gums

I wear my own clothes now

And I don't need you to roll up my sleeves, okay?

Uh ground here, uh, that's a couple of million, F one O four

F one O four here, uh, look this is a private thing

And I don't want you talking about it

Down there with your nice friends, 'cause this is a private thing, okay?

'Cause I've tried A and then I've tried B and then I've tried C

But no, I won't green apple

Uh, this is the ground F one O four and get outa there

Get outa there F one O four

F one O four uh, not to sweat baby

It's my hide and I can ride her out

This is the ground get down here F one O four

You and I know who your hide belongs to

Well F one O four here, uh, I guess I'm at about 75 thousand feet

And the R P M's are set near zero

Uh, maybe falling about 150 feet a second

Uh, that makes about 9000 feet a minute

Uh, like I said I've tried A and I've tried B and C, didn't do nothing

Just spinning around like a boomerang in the sky up here, I reckon

I got about one last shot, okay this is a private thing

This blue to black at twice the speed of sound

It's green silent peace with waves around

And it's lighting up like a damn Christmas tree in here

But we'll ignore what these little lights are saying

And enjoy the view because you know and I know

It's just that little old problem our boys in engineering find so entertaining

This is the ground, come in F one O four

Come in F one O four, come in F one O four

F one O four here, I'd love to talk to you sweetheart

But this Christmas tree is smoking and it's obscuring the view

I'm preparing to disintegrate now I'll see you boys

For a drink on the ground at about 1900 hours, okay bye

If they could see me now, booming and zooming

If they could see me now

If they could see me now, booming and zooming

Booming and zooming