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Queen

Dancer

Release date: 21st May 1982

From Hot Space (Deluxe Edition)
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"Dancer" is a track by Queen, from the album Hot Space (Deluxe Edition), released 21st May 1982. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about Queen.

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Lyrics

Dancer

[Verse 1]

I'm not invited to the party

Been sitting here all night

I'm all alone at the party

I don't feel all right

Ain't got no black coat

Ain't got no tie

I gotta shape up now

Come on, baby, you gotta know why

Ha, take off!

[Chorus]

Dancer, dancer

I can't live with it, I'm gonna die without it

Dancer (Huh), dancer

Ain't no doubt about it

Dancer, dancer

Why don't you kick off your dancing shoes

And come and ride with me?

[Post-Chorus]

Cool

[Verse 2]

You're the life and soul of the funk-tion

It took me all night

To get hold of the right introduction

Blew me out of sight

I taste your lipstick (Yeah)

I look in your eyes (What?)

You feel fantastic (Yes)

My body cries (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

That's what I said (Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da)

[Chorus]

Dancer (Yeah), dancer

I can't live with it, I'm gonna die without it

Dancer, dancer

Ain't no doubt about it

Dancer, dancer

Why don't you kick off your dancing shoes

And come and ride with me?

Ah (Ah)

Hot space, let's go

[Guitar Solo]

Oh, yeah!

Wooh!

Haha, yeah, yeah!

Huh-hu, hu-uh-uh, hu-uh-uh

Take it

Yeah, my feet are begging, hu!

[Chorus]

Dancer (Ha!), dancer

Oh, I can't believe you're dancing

Dancer (Ha!), dancer

Can't take you home, I can't take you dancing

Dancer, dancer (Hey)

Just bring out the funk and dance the night away

Dancer (Yeah), dancer

You gotta boogie

[Guitar Solo]

Ooh! Sure

Gotta shout about it

Yeah, please me

[Chorus]

Dancer, dancer (Wooh)

Oh, don't fight temptation

Dancer, dancer (Oh, yeah, ah)

Dancer, dancer

Aw, baby, dance, dance, dance, dance, dan—

[Outro]

Guten Morgen, Sie wünschten, geweckt zu werden

Dancer, dancer

Dancer, dancer

Dancer, dancer

Come on, sugar!

Shake on out!

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From Hot Space (Deluxe Edition)

1982
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Hot Space (Deluxe Edition)
Hot Space (Deluxe Edition)
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1982
  1. —Action This Day
  2. —Life Is Real (Song for Lennon)
  3. —Put Out the Fire
  4. —Dancer
  5. —Cool Cat

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