I got nothin' to eat in this old house   I gotta go out and catch a mouse   I can't be wrong, so I gotta be right      It's eat or be eaten      Something's hungry like a hunter   And it's probing like a finger   As the drumbeat keeps things hurrying   That's the part that's so appealing      It's the beat that dominates   Each breath you draw   Each step you take   Strike or be stricken      Eat or be eaten yum, yum, yum, yum   Eat or be eaten      Your skills are highly specialized   But still that girl can magnetize   You sense the hunger in her eyes      It's beat or be beaten      There's no softness in her eyes   A weird dull glint is in her eyes   With a stubborn will to tantalize      Like some cheap devil in disguise   And it's troubling me   Hell, it's nervy, that's what it is      Eat or be eaten   Beat or be beaten   Strike or be stricken      The night is dark the night is pulp   Tilt back your head and take a gulp of air   That's screamed a thousand times      The main thing is to victimize   It's just the night for a conquering tribe   Oh, it's just the night for a conquering tribe      Eat or be eaten   Beat or be beaten      Faster than the arrow flies   Or the man who smiles while he lies   It's just the night for a conquering tribe   And the girls are calling in her yellow dress      That girl is calling in a yellow dress   She says, "Eat, eat, eat here boys   Eat, eat, eat here boys"      And then a bop a doo ba doop ba abop   A dooba ba bop bohma bop a doo bop bohm   A doopee dee a dop adoop   A bum bayo bayum bohmbayum