Lyrics
[Extended Instrumental Intro] [slow-burn opening, spacious and restrained] [bass, electric piano and rhythm guitar gradually imply the pulse] [no full drum groove yet] [short horn hints answer the instruments] [drums enter gradually, then lock into a deep infectious funk groove] [horns begin short syncopated answers between phrases] [Verse 1] [soulful male lead, conversational rhythmic phrasing, leave space between lines] One touch is not enough to live on.. [short horn answer] I don't feel you in my bones My heartbeats slow.. [horn stab] I let the phone ring No one's picking up I'm alone It's just me [brief instrumental answer] Without you [Chorus] [full groove, stronger horns, call-and-response backing vocals] I wish you would I wish you could Get on the floor [backing vocals] Get on this dance floor! I guess this is it It's over now [backing vocals] It's over... We don't dance anymore [backing vocals] Why! Why we don't dance? No we don't [backing vocals] we don't We don't dance any more And I wish you would Just get on the floor [backing vocals] Get on this dance floor! And dance with me! [Instrumental Turnaround] [drums and bass stay locked] [short syncopated horn conversation] [Verse 2] [lead vocal relaxed against the beat] One night and I'm gone [backing vocal: gone] [horn answer] And I toldja before Home was not home without ya [brief horn response] I really shoulda known I know what you came for It wasn't me [space] No it's not for me [Chorus] [full band, call-and-response] I wish you would I wish you could Get on the floor [backing vocals] Get on this dance floor! I guess this is it It's over now [backing vocals: It's over...] We don't dance anymore [backing vocals] Why! Why we don't dance? No we don't [backing vocals] we don't We don't dance any more And I wish you would Just get on the floor [backing vocals] Get on this dance floor! And dance with me! [Bridge] [breakdown; pull back horns and rhythm guitar] [drums and bass continue underneath] [vocal becomes more exposed and emotionally direct] The end of the road I can't let it go Just turn down the stereo [brief instrumental space] Let the beat go on without me [drums continue alone for a moment] A million ways to be alone But why? [horn swell] [full band crashes back into groove] [Final Chorus] [bigger but still loose and live] [horn punches answer lead vocal] [backing singers increasingly emotional] Oh I wish you would I wish you could Get on the floor [backing vocals] Get on this dance floor! I guess this is it It's over now [backing vocals] It's over... We don't dance anymore [backing vocals] Why! Why we don't dance? No we don't [backing vocals] we don't We don't dance any more And I wish you would Just get on the floor [backing vocals] Get on this dance floor! And dance with me! [Extended Outro] [lead vocal ad-libs sparingly] I wish you would Just get on the floor And dance with me! Oh I wish you would... I wish you could... [horns and backing singers trade short answers] [drums and bass keep dancing even as the vocal emotionally gives up] [Bridge] [breakdown; pull back horns and rhythm guitar] [drums and bass continue underneath] [vocal becomes more exposed and emotionally direct] The end of the road I can't let it go Just turn down the stereo [brief instrumental space] Let the beat go on without me [drums continue alone for a moment] A million ways to be alone But why? (WHY?) [horn swell] [full band crashes back into groove] [Final Chorus] [bigger but still loose and live] [horn punches answer lead vocal] [backing singers increasingly emotional] Oh I wish you would I wish you could Get on the floor [backing vocals] Get on this dance floor! I guess this is it It's over now [backing vocals] It's over... We don't dance anymore [backing vocals] Why! Why we don't dance? No we don't [backing vocals] we don't We don't dance any more And I wish you would Just get on the floor [backing vocals] Get on this dance floor! And dance with me! [Extended Outro] [lead vocal ad-libs sparingly] I wish you would Just get on the floor And dance with me! Oh I wish you would... I wish you could... [horns and backing singers trade short answers] [drums and bass keep dancing even as the vocal emotionally gives up]