Lyrics
(Everybody's dancing...) (Everybody's dancing...) Then stop standing still. Champagne dripping from the velvet staircase, everybody smiling with a different face. String quartet playing while the room gets louder, somebody flirting with the governor's daughter. Portraits watching from the gilded walls, social climbers waiting for their curtain call. You pulled me close like "don't ruin the view," but half this room is pretending something too. Eyes on the ballroom... eyes on the floor... Eyes on the stranger by the west wing door... (Everybody's dancing...) (Everybody's dancing...) Everybody's dancing— keep moving, don't stop. Everybody's dancing— spin around 'til the beat drops. Everybody's dancing— smile like you belong here. Everybody's dancing... (and nobody...) (and nobody wants to leave...) High heels clicking on the marble tiles, somebody's been laughing for a little while. The band keeps swinging through another tune, somebody swears they'll be engaged by June. Waiters floating through the sea of black, bringing secrets people never take back. Everybody talking but nobody direct, every compliment feels half-correct. And why's that singer staring over here? Why'd the poet suddenly disappear? Why'd your hands go cold when they called your name? Why does everybody love this game? Eyes on the staircase... eyes on the lights... Eyes on the couple dancing way too tight... (Everybody's dancing...) (Everybody's dancing...) Everybody's dancing— keep moving, don't stop. Everybody's dancing— spin around 'til the beat drops. Everybody's dancing— smile like you belong here. Everybody's dancing... (and nobody...) (and nobody wants to leave...) (Everybody's dancing...) (Everybody's dancing...) No one checks the time. No one wants goodnight. No one wants the music to stop. HEY— raise another glass! HEY— make the moment last! HEY— one more song tonight! HEY— everything's alright! Everybody's dancing— keep moving, don't stop. Everybody's dancing— hearts beating too hot. Everybody's dancing— laugh like you belong here. Everybody's dancing... (and nobody...) (and nobody wants to leave...) (Everybody's dancing...) (Everybody's dancing...) Then stop standing still.