Dancin’ Lyrics

[Verse 1: Olivia Newton-John]
Anybody blue?
Anybody needin' someone too?
Anyone feelin' cold?
No one there you can hold?

[Pre-Chorus: Olivia Newton-John]
Don't wait to get old and gray
I'm gonna blow all the clouds away
'Cause there is nothing I would rather do

[Chorus: Olivia Newton-John]
Forget about the blues tonight, sweet thing
Forget about the rules tonight, sweet thing
I wanna dance with you
Until the sun comes creepin' through
I wanna dance with you
I won't stop pleasin' you
Ah-ah-ah-ah

[Verse 2: Olivia Newton-John]
Honey, for awhile
Give a girl a chance to show some style
If you got no love to spare
Tell me lies, I don't care
[Pre-Chorus: Olivia Newton-John]
You better believe that I
I know some moves that we've gotta try
'Cause there is nothing I would rather do

[Chorus: Olivia Newton-John]
Forget about the blues tonight, sweet thing
Forget about the rules tonight, sweet thing
I wanna dance with you
Until the sun comes creepin' through
I wanna dance with you
I won't stop pleasin' you
Ah-ah-ah-ah

[Verse 3: The Tubes]
Lover, I wanna let you know
I won't take a backseat
Ain't willin' to let you go
I won't take a backseat

[Pre-Chorus: The Tubes]
Don't wanna hear what you want
It's gotta be all my way
And I'm makin' sure you stay to see
I'm really a selfish man
I gotta get right to it
And lover, tonight I'm thinkin' of me
[Chorus: The Tubes]
Lover, I won't take a backseat tonight, ooh
Lover, gettin' on my two feet tonight, ooh
Got some dancin' to do
Got some dancin' to do
Got some dancin' to do
Got some dancin' to do

[Verse 4: The Tubes]
Can't let anyone get to you
I won't take a backseat
Let me show you what I can do
I won't take a backseat

[Pre-Chorus: The Tubes]
It ain't funny to fool with me
I'll be a bad loser
You're gettin' me mad, using me
You tried putting a spell on me
'Cause I had a strange feelin'
You better get down to healin' me

[Chorus: The Tubes]
Lover, I won't take a backseat tonight, ooh
Lover, gettin' on my two feet tonight, ooh
Got some dancin' to do
Got some dancin' to do
Got some dancin' to do
Got some dancin' to do
[Outro: Olivia Newton-John, The Tubes]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Forget about the blues tonight, sweet thing (Lover, I won't take a backseat tonight, ooh)
Forget about the rules tonight, sweet thing (Lover, gettin' on my two feet tonight, ooh)
I wanna dance with you (Got some dancin' to do)
Until the sun comes creepin' through (Got some dancin' to do)
I wanna dance with you (Got some dancin' to do)
I won't stop pleasin' you (Got some dancin' to do)
Forget about the blues tonight, sweet thing (Lover, I won't take a backseat tonight, ooh)
Forget about the rules tonight, sweet thing (Lover, gettin' on my two feet tonight, ooh)
I wanna dance with you (Got some dancin' to do)
Until the sun comes creepin' through (Got some dancin' to do)
I wanna dance with you (Got some dancin' to do)
I won't stop pleasin' you (Got some dancin' to do)
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ooh

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Genius Annotation

As Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly) and Sonny Malone (Michael Beck) lay out their visions for Xanadu the club, the spaces come alive first with a big band era orchestra with three Andrews Sisters like singers (featuring Olivia Newton-John’s voice) and then featuring a new wavey rockish section with the Tubes. Each side does a song segment and then the areas merge as the song does as well.

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