He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Clock strikes upon the hour
and the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
how to chase my blues away
I've done alright up till now
it's the light of day that shows me how
And when the night falls
loneliness calls
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
I've been in love
and lost my senses
spinning through the town
Sooner or later the fever ends
and I wind up feeling down
I need a man who'll take a chance
on a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
my lonely heart calls
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
(Somebody who somebody who)somebody who loves me
(Somebody who somebody who)to hold me in his arms
I need a man who'll take a chance
on a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
my lonely heart calls
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Yeah
Don’t you wanna dance with me baby
Don’t you wanna dance with me boy
Don’t you wanna dance with me baby
with somebody who loves me
don't you wanna dance
say you wanna dance
don't you wanna dance... x3
uh-huh
with somebody who loves me
and the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
how to chase my blues away
I've done alright up till now
it's the light of day that shows me how
And when the night falls
loneliness calls
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
I've been in love
and lost my senses
spinning through the town
Sooner or later the fever ends
and I wind up feeling down
I need a man who'll take a chance
on a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
my lonely heart calls
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
(Somebody who somebody who)somebody who loves me
(Somebody who somebody who)to hold me in his arms
I need a man who'll take a chance
on a love that burns hot enough to last
So when the night falls
my lonely heart calls
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Oh I wanna dance with somebody
I wanna feel the heat with somebody
Yeah I wanna dance with somebody
With somebody who loves me
Yeah
Don’t you wanna dance with me baby
Don’t you wanna dance with me boy
Don’t you wanna dance with me baby
with somebody who loves me
don't you wanna dance
say you wanna dance
don't you wanna dance... x3
uh-huh
with somebody who loves me
Lyrics submitted by dejavula
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
whitney houston cover. they performed it live.