From the sheet music at Mississippi State University:


YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT
Words by William Jerome & Grant Clarke; music by Jean Schwartz, ©1913.

1. When the silv'ry moon is rising,
Mister Rag comes burglarizing,
Comes a-creeping, slyly peeping,
In the room where you are sleeping.
In the daytime, when you're busy,
He's around; your brain gets dizzy.
Once he finds you, he reminds you:
No use hiding away.

CHORUS: Syncopation rules the nation!
You can't get away from it, get away from it!
It causes agitation!
You can't get away from it, get away from it!
Lawyers and physicians,
Even men of high positions,
Great big politicians
Pal around with rag musicians.
They buy it; don't deny it!
You can't get away from it, get away from it.
On Sunday, same as Monday,
You can't get away from it, get away from it.
Even good old country preachers
Are engaging tango teachers.
You can't get away from it, get away from it.
You can't get away from it at all.

2. All the fishes in the ocean
Swim around with raggy motion.
Biscuit bakers, even Quakers,
Are among the shoulder shakers.
Soldier boys and men of letters,
Chorus girls and suffragetters,
Aviators, even waiters—
No one ever escapes.