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We Dance by Pavement

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Pavement

We Dance

Release date: 9th April 1995

From Wowee Zowee
Track 1
3:01
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About This Track

'We Dance' by Pavement is an alternative track from 'Wowee Zowee', released in 1995. Its lyrics mix oddball social rituals with a flirtation between bravado and isolation, repeatedly landing on the insistence to dance, while also invoking a chair-bound closeness and a surreal, list-like roll call of town life, including a call for praise and the pick-up line of engagement. The tone is zany and slightly defensive, as if celebration is being used to stave off the fear that no one will join in, captured in the refrain “We’ll dance”.

"We Dance" is a track by Pavement, from the album Wowee Zowee, released 9th April 1995. The track is 3:01 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about Pavement.

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Lyrics

We Dance

There is no castration fear
In a chair you will be with me
We'll dance
We'll dance
We'll dance
We'll dance
But no one will dance with us
In this zany town
Chim-chim-chim, sing a song of praise
For your elders, they're in the back
Pick out some brazilian nuts for your engagement
Check that expiration date, man,
It's later than you think
You can't enjoy yourself, i can't enjoy myself
You can't enjoy yourself, i can't enjoy myself
Move that swing
And watch it break strafe like an arc
But i won't be there to leave you ah-ah-ah
'Cause i don't have a clue anymore
Maybe we could dance
Maybe we could dance
Maybe we could dance
Together
Together
Together
Together
First time you'll see
And then you'll be
Five times forever
And you'll never get lost

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  3. 3Black Out
    2:10
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