I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies, something in your eyes
Calls to mind the silver screen
And all its sad good-byes

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
(You know I ain't a fool girl)
Should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll feel

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
(You know I ain't a fool girl)
Should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

Slow down
You know you're moving too fast
You know that I don't dance
But you insist you take my hand
And to the beat that move our feet
And everyone is watching me
And I don't dance no more.
And now I'm leaving my apartment
Til' its after evening
Bars are closing down
And every model in the pool halls drinking
I turn the juke box on to play my favorite song
Where we song along
I don't dance no more

Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But now who's gonna dance with me?
Please stay.

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
(You know I ain't a fool girl)
Should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I've been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Now that you're gone
(To Pretend)
(You know I ain't a fool girl)
Now that you're gone
Now that you're gone
(To Pretend)
(You know I ain't a fool girl)
Now that you're gone


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Careless Whisper (Wham! cover feat. Juliet Simms and 30H!3) song meanings
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    I don't like it that much.. Maybe if it was only all time low... not the other two. I usually LOVE all of all time lows songs.. hmm.

    FootprintsWashedAwayon November 02, 2008   Link

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