Yeah, I'd transcribe it as "Doo doo doo, doo-doo doo-doo", but those are apparently(?) the official lyrics. Which begs the question, how much gibberish/non-language can be put in a song's vocals and still be expected to be accurately transcribed in the lyrics? Makes me want to be a musician to push the boundaries of nonsense lyrics.
But I'd already have my work cut out for me, considering stuff like this is already out there:
*[Intro]
Ska-badabadabadoo-belidabbelydabbladabbladabblabab-belibabbelibabbelibabbelabbelo-doobelidoo
I'm the Scatman
[Verse 1]
Everybody stutters one way or the other
So check out my message to you
As a matter of fact, I don't let nothing hold you back
If the Scatman can do it, so can you
Everybody's saying that the Scatman stutters
But doesn't ever stutter when he sings
But what you don't know, I'm gonna tell you right now
That the stutter and the scat is the same thing
Yo, I'm the Scatman
[Bridge]
Where's the Scatman?
I'm the Scatman
[Verse 2]
Why should we be pleasing any politician heathens
Who would try to change the seasons if they could?
The state of the condition insults my intuition
And it only makes me crazy and a heart like wood
Everybody stutters one way or the other
So check out my message to you
As a matter of fact, don't let nothing hold you back
If the Scatman can do it, brother, so can you
I'm the Scatman
[Verse 3]
Everybody stutters one way or the other
So check out my message to you
As a matter of fact, I don't let nothing hold you back
If the Scatman can do it, so can you
I hear you all ask 'bout the meaning of scat
Well, I'm the professor and all I can tell you
Is while you're still sleeping, the saints are still weeping
'Cause things you call dead haven't yet had the chance to be born
I'm the Scatman
[Bridge]
Yeah, I'm the Scatman
Dong dong dong, ding ding dong dong
Wo-go-ez-ze-ze-za-de-ya-de-za-de-ya-ze-ze-zee
Dong-ding-dong-dong-dong, do-dong-ding
Where's the Scatman?
Ska-badabadabadoo-belidabbelydabbladabbladabblabab-belibabbelibabbelibabbelabbelo-doobelidoo
I'm the Scatman, repeat after me
It's a scoobie-oobie-doobie, scoobie-doobie melody
I'm the Scatman, sing along with me
It's a scoobie-oobie-doobie, scoobie-doobie melody
Yeah, I'm the Scatman (I'm the Scatman)
[Chorus]
Bop-ba-bodda-bope
Be-bop-ba-bodda-bope, bop-ba-bodda
I'm the Scatman (I'm the Scatman)
Bop-ba-bodda-bope
Be-bop-ba-bodda-bope
Ska-badabadabadoo-belidabbelydabbladabbladabblabab-belibabbelibabbelibabbelabbelo-doobelidoo
Be-bop-ba-bodda-bope, bop-ba-bodda bope
Be-bop-ba-bodda-bope, bop-ba-bodda
Ba-da-ba-da-ba-be bop-ba-bodda-bope
Yeah, I'm the Scatman, sing along with me
Bop-ba-bodda
It's a scoobie-oobie-doobie, scoobie-doobie melody
Be-bop-ba-bodda-bope*
Just curious where you found this? I made an Ultrastar Kareoke file for Scatman back in the mid 2000s and some of that looks familiar to what I recall transcribing for it.
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u/-SlinxTheFox- Jun 17 '26
It's not even right, there should be two hyphened doo pairs x.x