The song 'Fortnight' by Taylor Swift and Post Malone tells a story about strong feelings, complicated relationships, and secret wishes. It talks about love, betrayal, and wanting someone who doesn't feel the same. The word 'fortnight' shows short-lived happiness and guilty pleasures, leading to sadness. It shows how messy relationships can be and the results of hiding emotions. “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she kickstarts the song in the first verse with lines suggesting an admission to a hospital for people with mental illnesses. She goes in the verse admitting her lover is the reason why she is like this. In the chorus, she sings about their time in love and reflects on how he has now settled with someone else. “I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary / And I love you, it’s ruining my life,” on the second verse she details her struggles to forget about him and the negative effects of her failure. “Thought of callin’ ya, but you won’t pick up / ‘Nother fortnight lost in America,” Post Malone sings in the outro.
Enrique, Usher
This is for the dirty girls
All around the world
Here we go
Dirty dirty dancer, uh
'Nother day, 'nother night
And she acting like she don't sleep
She's a five when she drinks
But she's a ten when she's on top of me
She don't want love she just wanna touch
She's a greedy girl to never get enough
She don't wanna love she just wanna touch
She's got all the moves that make you get it up
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
Never ever lonely
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
You'll never be her only
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
Never ever lonely
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
You'll never be her only (yeah)
It's a game, ah
That she plays
She can win with her eyes closed
It's insane how she tames
She can turn you to an animal, yeah, yeah, yeah
She don't wanna love she just wanna touch
She's a greedy girl to never get enough
She don't wanna love she just wanna touch
She's got all the moves to make you give it up (yeah, yeah)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
Never ever lonely (dirty dancer)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
You'll never be her only (oh no)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
Never ever lonely (never ever lonely)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
You'll never be her only (never be her only)
She never satisfied
You better do it right
Before you're lonely
No, she's never satisfied
You better do it right
Before you're lonely
C'mon
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
Never ever lonely (never ever lonely)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
You'll never be her only (never be her only)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
Never ever lonely (no, no, no)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
You'll never be her only
You'll never be her only
The girl don't stop (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty dancer
The girl don't stop (oh, oh)
The girl don't stop (oh, oh)
Dirty dancer
The girl don't stop (oh, oh)
The girl don't stop (oh, oh)
Dirty dancer
The girl don't stop (oh, oh)
The girl don't stop (oh)
This is for the dirty girls
All around the world
Here we go
Dirty dirty dancer, uh
'Nother day, 'nother night
And she acting like she don't sleep
She's a five when she drinks
But she's a ten when she's on top of me
She don't want love she just wanna touch
She's a greedy girl to never get enough
She don't wanna love she just wanna touch
She's got all the moves that make you get it up
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
Never ever lonely
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
You'll never be her only
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
Never ever lonely
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
You'll never be her only (yeah)
It's a game, ah
That she plays
She can win with her eyes closed
It's insane how she tames
She can turn you to an animal, yeah, yeah, yeah
She don't wanna love she just wanna touch
She's a greedy girl to never get enough
She don't wanna love she just wanna touch
She's got all the moves to make you give it up (yeah, yeah)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
Never ever lonely (dirty dancer)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
You'll never be her only (oh no)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
Never ever lonely (never ever lonely)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
You'll never be her only (never be her only)
She never satisfied
You better do it right
Before you're lonely
No, she's never satisfied
You better do it right
Before you're lonely
C'mon
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
Never ever lonely (never ever lonely)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
You'll never be her only (never be her only)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
Never ever lonely (no, no, no)
She's a dirty dirty dancer, dirty dirty dancer
You'll never be her only
You'll never be her only
The girl don't stop (oh, oh, oh)
Dirty dancer
The girl don't stop (oh, oh)
The girl don't stop (oh, oh)
Dirty dancer
The girl don't stop (oh, oh)
The girl don't stop (oh, oh)
Dirty dancer
The girl don't stop (oh, oh)
The girl don't stop (oh)
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Dirty Dancer Lyrics as written by Nadir Khayat Enrique Miguel Preysler Iglesias
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