Binky Beat

I always thought dancing babies

Were just some internet dream

Little cartoons on old screens

Not a real-life kinda thing

Then one hot afternoon

I heard a funny little sound

Tiny sneakers squeakin’ rhythm

While a beat came bouncin’ down

There he was on the sidewalk

No bigger than my knee

Binky in his little mouth

Groovin’ wild and free

Swingin’ down the avenue

Like he owned the whole darn street

Diaper wobble, baby swagger

Tiny stompin’ feet

I said, “Hey there little fella

What you doin’ all alone?”

He just giggled up at me

Then sang into his phone—

“Ba-ba bop, bibby boo

Wiggle-waggle peek-a choo

Binky boo an boogie bee

Tip-tap tiny baby feet

Googoogaga shimmy-shake

Rattle-roll and milkshake break

Clappa-clappa scooby dee

Come on dance along with me!”

It was the wildest thing I’d ever seen

A binky-suckin’ baby with a dancing machine

And the rhythm got so catchy

Before I even knew

I was boppin’ down the sidewalk

Doing baby moves too

My knees started wobblin’

My shoulders caught the groove

People stopped and stared at us

Then started makin’ moves

Old men laughed from park benches

Teens were dancin’ by the store

Mamas swingin’ grocery bags

Started sliding cross the floor

Then the little dude looked back at me

With a mischievous little grin

Like he knew the whole wide world

Was about to join in

“Ba-ba bop, bibby boo

Wiggle-waggle peek-a choo

Binky bounce and boogie beat

Tip-tap tiny baby feet

Googoogaga shimmy-shake

Rattle-roll and milkshake break

Clappa-clappa scooby dee

Come on dance along with me!”

Before I knew it we were drawin’ a crowd

Boppin’ down the street feelin’ loud and proud

Men, women, babies

Everybody caught the chance

Forgettin’ all their worries

Just to do the baby dance

Traffic stopped for half a mile

Cops were laughing too

Grandmas spinning shopping carts

Like they’d suddenly turned two

And the little dancing baby

Raised his binky to the sky

Like a tiny funky prophet

Teaching folks to fly

Now every time life gets heavy

And the world feels offbeat

I remember that little baby

Boppin’ down the street

And somewhere in the distance

If the rhythm feels just right

You can hear the baby chorus

Floating through the night—

“Ba-ba bop, bibby boo

Wiggle-waggle peek-a choo

Binky bounce and boogie beat

Tip-tap tiny baby feet

Googoogaga shimmy-shake

Rattle-roll and milkshake break

Clappa-clappa scooby dee

Everybody dance with me!”