I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
One night in a disco on the outskirts of Frisco
I was cruisin' with my favorite gang
The place was so borin', filled with out-of-towners tourin'
I knew that it wasn't my thing
I really wasn't carin' but I felt my eyes starin'
At a guy who stuck out in the crowd
He had the kind of body that would shame Adonis
And a face that would make any man proud
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
The champion of dance, his moves would put you in a trance
And he never leaves the disco alone
Arrogance but not conceit as a man he is complete
My crème de la crème, please take me home
He wears the finest clothes, the best designers, heaven knows
Ooo, from his head down to his toes
Halston, Gucci, Fiorucci, he looks like a still
That man is dressed to kill
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
(I've ever seen)
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
(I love your moves)
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
(I've ever seen)
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
(I love your moves)
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
One night in a disco on the outskirts of Frisco
I was cruisin' with my favorite gang
The place was so borin', filled with out-of-towners tourin'
I knew that it wasn't my thing
I really wasn't carin' but I felt my eyes starin'
At a guy who stuck out in the crowd
He had the kind of body that would shame Adonis
And a face that would make any man proud
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
The champion of dance, his moves would put you in a trance
And he never leaves the disco alone
Arrogance but not conceit as a man he is complete
My crème de la crème, please take me home
He wears the finest clothes, the best designers, heaven knows
Ooo, from his head down to his toes
Halston, Gucci, Fiorucci, he looks like a still
That man is dressed to kill
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
(I've ever seen)
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
(I love your moves)
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
(I've ever seen)
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
(I love your moves)
Oh what, wow
He's the greatest dancer
Oh what, wow
That I've ever seen
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He's the Greatest Dancer Lyrics as written by Nile Rodgers Bernard Edwards
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