Modern Lovers (The)

Dance With Me
[We'd like to describe a bleak winter night in BostonAnd the college scene in BostonNow, the college guy is outside the dormAnd the girl, he knows, is inside wasting her time.He thinks he could bring her out of it.Yeah, she's listening to Santana recordsand generally wasting her time.So our hero thinks, now, if I could convince her todance with me in her dorm, then she'd see how beautiful she really was, and she wouldn't waste hertime any more.So, the Modern Lovers would like to submit Dance With Me, andIt starts as follows:(Now it's a cold winter night in Boston)]Well, Hi DearI'm just here from outsideI've been out all aloneIn the cold nightAnd in the shopping centerAt midnightSongtexteI've been out all aloneIn the moonlightSo I'm coldBut I can danceAnd I sayDance with meWell, hi nowI'm just back from EuropeI learned a lotI used to danceIn the big dances in the citiesWell you're all aloneIn the dorm hereI'm excitedAnd you're safe and warmYou're warmI'm coldAnd I say dance with meAnd if you dance with meLook at me and smileIf you look at meWell then I hope you'll smileBecause your face is pure sexWhen you smileIt's written in huge surban lettersWhich say TendernessWhich saySexI say dance with meWhen I came over hereI just shaved my facewith a shaverAnd I just did itTo try and make myself handsomeYou're life must be dullIn the dorm hereI'm excited and you're safe and warmSo You're warmI'm coldI say dance with me[Alright, time for the middle part now]Well now dear, don't you love the city?Don't you love the idea of city romance?You're my modern suburban prettyI say dance with meAlright, well I'm outsie the college dormJust here from outsideI've been out all alone in the cold nightAnd in the shopping center at midnightI've been out all alone in the cold of the moonlightSo here I am, cold.But I can dance!And I say:Dance with me. Aus Songtexte Mania