An image problem, this is it
We're gonna turn this dance on, with a switch
For you nervous dudes who move in rewind

An image problem, is all we have
She said are you all right there? I just laughed
I guess we really fucked up this time
So I have to remind myself

It's so rare that we need somebody else
We take care to be dangers to ourselves
And this dance might be all that we have left
The safety is off and it's loaded

Did every girl you ever met, put a sex machine gun to your head
She said "Does sex still sell? Does sex still sell?"

An image problem, this is it
We're gonna turn this dance on, with a switch
We're gonna turn this dance on, with a switch
We're gonna turn this dance on

It's so rare that we need somebody else
It's so rare that we need somebody else
It's so rare that we need somebody else

We take care to be dangers to ourselves
And this dance might be all that we have left
But I don't know what her name is
Sex sells like a weapon that's loaded
and being pushed to our temples, oh

It's so rare that we need somebody else (x6)

Let's dance!
Well this dance is loaded!
Yeah this dance is loaded!
Yeah this dance is loaded!


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    great song this. drums are the shit B)

    I think this song is about someone picking up a prostitute at a dance club or something?

    gonzo3100on February 07, 2009   Link

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