^{Verse 1} The old man Santiago didn't catch a fish for days He returned unhappy and was pretty damn ashamed He tells his grandson Manolin about this one last move Manolin thinks to himself This is grandpa's groove ^{Verse 2} So on the eighty-fifth day on his unlucky streak He caught a Marlin, dragged him, for this boat down the stream Santiagos friends they caught the fish with his harpoon The Marlin thought to himself This is grandpa's groove ^Pre-Chorus Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-ba Ba-da-ba-da, bow, uhm Da-ba-da-buh-di-buh Yeah this is grandpa's groove Everyone they'tr screaming out 'That was grandpa's groove' ^{Verse 3} So on the eighty-fifth day on his unlucky streak He caught a Marlin, dragged him, for this boat down the stream Santiagos friends they caught the fish with his harpoon The Marlin thought to himself This is grandpa's groove ^{Verse 4} The Marlin died a bloody death Along came many sharks They attacked the fisherman, but couldn't kill his spark When he came home with the skeleton of the Marlin as his proof Everyone were screaming out "This is grandpa's groove" ^Pre-Chorus Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-ba Ba-da-ba-da, bow, uhm Da-ba-da-buh-di-buh Yeah this is grandpa's groove Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-ba Ba-da-ba-da, bow, uhm Da-ba-da-buh-di-buh Yeah this is grandpa's groove Uh la-la-la, la-li-dam Yeah grandpa got those moves And everyone were screaming out "This is grandpa's groove" ^{Verse 5} So on the eighty-fifth day on his unlucky streak He caught a Marlin, dragged him, for this boat down the stream Santiagos friends they caught the fish with his harpoon The Marlin thought to himself This is grandpa's groove Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-ba Ba-da-ba-da, bow, uhm Da-ba-da-buh-di-buh Yeah this is grandpa's groove Ooh la-la-la, la-lam-pi-dam Yeah grandpa got those moves And everyone were screaming out This is grandpa's groove