Entwistle (c) 1978 When I was a kid my mother used to tell me If you don't behave and do as I say I'm going to tell your Dad when he gets home And there'll be hell to pay Now pick yourself up off the floor And put those toys away Wash that face and hands You'd think your skin was turning gray The Bogey man will get you Sure as night turns into day The Bogey man will get you He'll come and drag you away Sit up straight and eat your greens Stop playing with your food Don't pick your nose at the table Go straight to bed, that's very rude So I spent the night with my head in the covers Protected by electric light When my Mum came in to say good night I nearly died with fright The Bogey man will get you Sure as night turns into day The Bogey man will get you He'll come and drag you away I've grown up, I realize how silly kids can be Now I sit up all night with a baseball bat That Bogey man ain't gonna get me The Bogey man will get you Sure as night turns into day The Bogey man will get you He'll come and drag you away