[Verse 1]
You'll be going out with radio, going out with disco, going out like bacchanal
I'll be going out with telephone, going out alone, to the radar zone

[Chorus]
It's all just inadvertent imitation, and I don't mean mine
It's all across this nation
If it's just inadvertent simulation, a pattern in all mankind
What's got the whole world faking it?

[Verse 2]
I'll be playing with my magazine, using up my Listerine, like Ovaltine
And you'll be dipping in your battleship, for the latest tip, for the latest dream

[Chorus]
It's all just inadvertent imitation, and I don't mean mine
It's all across this nation
If it's just inadvertent simulation, a pattern in all mankind
What's got the whole world faking it?

[Outro]
If it's just inadvertent imitation, a pattern in all mankind
What's got the whole world faking it?
What's got the whole world faking
What's got the whole world faking it? Yeah