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.
Do the twist in the twisting outfit
The loose tie with, the loose limp wrists
Lift your dress enough to show me those shins
Let your hair stick to your forehead
(Aah, aah, aah)
Did you blush then, when our hips touched?
I can't tell, we are already red
Am I right? Will you give me the signs
Is that pink mist or just lit dry ice?
(Aah, aah, aah)
You twist and whisper the wrong name
I don't care and nor do my ears (Aah)
Twist yourself around me
I need company, I need human heat
I need human heat
(Aah, aah, aah aah, aah, aah)
Lets pretend I'm attractive and then
You won't mind, you can twist for a while
It's the night, I can be who you like
And I'll quietly leave before it gets light
So, twist and whisper the wrong name
I don't care and nor do my ears (Aah)
Twist yourself around me
I need company, I need human heat
I need human heat
I need human heat
(Extra super very, ha ha extra super very, ha ha extra super very, ha ha extra super very)
I need human heat
I need human heat
I need
Twist and whisper the right name
I'm Dave, if you please
The twist is that you're just like me
You need company, you need human heat
You need human heat
The loose tie with, the loose limp wrists
Lift your dress enough to show me those shins
Let your hair stick to your forehead
(Aah, aah, aah)
Did you blush then, when our hips touched?
I can't tell, we are already red
Am I right? Will you give me the signs
Is that pink mist or just lit dry ice?
(Aah, aah, aah)
You twist and whisper the wrong name
I don't care and nor do my ears (Aah)
Twist yourself around me
I need company, I need human heat
I need human heat
(Aah, aah, aah aah, aah, aah)
Lets pretend I'm attractive and then
You won't mind, you can twist for a while
It's the night, I can be who you like
And I'll quietly leave before it gets light
So, twist and whisper the wrong name
I don't care and nor do my ears (Aah)
Twist yourself around me
I need company, I need human heat
I need human heat
I need human heat
(Extra super very, ha ha extra super very, ha ha extra super very, ha ha extra super very)
I need human heat
I need human heat
I need
Twist and whisper the right name
I'm Dave, if you please
The twist is that you're just like me
You need company, you need human heat
You need human heat
Lyrics submitted by heyjuderefrain, edited by smallwonderrobot, IanMan
The Twist Lyrics as written by Scott John Hutchison Grant David Hutchison
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