Music and lyrics by Jim Steinman, recorded by Jim Steinman and Karla DeVito on the Bad For Good album.

Hey listen now it's coming so close

I let the rhythm surround me

I'm getting itchy and I'm ready to move,

I'm mighty glad that you found me.

There's a drummer going at it

Way down in the corner of my soul

There's no escaping the music

And I'm psyching up my feet

And they're telling me we're ready to roll.

There are times when I can fight it

But now's the time I want to give in

Sooner or later we'll get around to the love

But now's the time to shake it

Oh baby let the party begin

Baby let the party begin.

When I woke up this morning

And I looked out my window

I could see the sky was cloudy and grey

There was a chill in the air

And a pain in my heart

And the thunder it was coming my way.

It was looking really bad

And I was so alone

And there wasn't any place to go

But now I'm out of the blue,

I know what I gotta do

And something in me's starting to grow

I can feel it in me starting to grow, grow, grow, grow, grow…

I got dance in my pants

Every time I feel the power in a radio wave

I turn it up all the way.

I got dance in my pants

Every time I see the glory of a good looking face

Well I just gotta say, hey now,

Don't you worry baby, everything'll be fine

We've got nothing but the best and we've got nothing but time

And there'll always be a time when they'll be waiting in line to be dancing

Dancing.

You don't say nothing all week.

You're getting ready for dancing,

Dancing.

But now your body really knows how to speak.

You're getting ready for dancing,

Dancing.

You don't say nothing all week.

You're getting ready for dancing,

Dancing.

And now your body really knows how to speak.

You're getting ready - come on,

Take a chance!

You got a whole lot of style and a load of romance

And me, me, me, I've got dance in my pants.

I've got dance in my pants.

I've got dance in my pants.

I'm a lover not a dancer

I'm a lover not a dancer

Don't wanna be on my feet when I can be on my back

Don't wanna be on the floor when I can be in the sack.

I'm a lover not a dancer

I'm a lover not a dancer

I'm just a little bit tired if you know what I mean,

Don't wanna be in a crowd when I can be in a dream.

I'm a lover not a dancer baby,

Baby let me prove it to you.

Baby let me prove it to you.

Well, we can rock it really hard or we can roll it really slow,

We can lift it really high or we can dip it really low

We can hold it in tight or we can let it all out

Or we can work up a sweat and really stomp it and shout

Let me pull you so close and then we'll break away fast

We'll be the best on the floor, we got the cool and the flash

We'll make a dangerous turn but we'll come out of it fine

I know the best of the moves, we'll get 'em right every time!

I'm a lover not a dancer

I'm a lover not a dancer

Don't wanna be on my feet when I can be on my back

Don't wanna be on the floor when I can be in the sack.

I'm a lover not a dancer

I'm a lover not a dancer

I'm just a little bit tired if you know what I mean,

Don't wanna be in a crowd when I can be in a dream.

I'm a lover not a dancer baby,

Baby let me prove it to you.

Baby let me prove it to you.

I don't care what you say,

Ain't nothing gonna get me out on that floor.

Oh baby! You know, there may be some moves that you haven't even seen yet.

No way, José!

Well, I got a new step for you. Made it up all by myself. I bet you never tried this before!

Oh Jeez!

Come on!

Oh Jeez!

Come on!

Oh Jeez!

Now that you know how it's done, it's only a matter of practise!

Well I could sure use some of that practise!

Now that you know how it's done, it's only a matter of practise!

Grow, grow, grow, grow, grow…

I got dance in my pants

Every time I feel the power in a radio wave

I turn it up all the way

I got dance in my pants

Every time I see the glory of a good looking face

Well I just gotta say, hey now,

Don't you worry baby everything'll be fine

We've got nothing but the best and we've got nothing but time

And there'll always be a time when they'll be waiting in line to be dancing,

Dancing.

You don't say nothing all week,

You're getting ready for dancing,

Dancing,

But now your body really knows how to speak.

You're getting ready for dancing,

Dancing,

You don't say nothing all week

You're getting ready for dancing,

Dancing

And now your body really knows how to speak.

You're getting ready - come on,

Take a chance.

You got a whole lot of style and a load of romance

And me, me, me, I got dance in my pants.

I'll crank it up all the way,

They'll never get me to stop.

I gotta stay in motion til the moment that I finally drop.

When they decide that I'm gone

I know they're gonna try to put me to rest

But I won't be afraid because I know, I know there's dance after death.

Boy:

Ooh, I know there's dance after death!

I don’t ever wanna be rescued

And I don't ever wanna be saved,

I got a feeling that I'm gonna be alive forever,

Dancing on the edge of the grave,

Dancing on the edge of the grave.

I don’t ever wanna be rescued

And I don't ever wanna be saved,

I got a feeling that I'm gonna be alive forever,

Dancing on the edge of the grave,

Dancing on the edge of the,

Dancing on the edge of the,

Dancing on the edge of the grave!

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