Sunday, December 29, 2019

Song Lyrics #29 Safety Dance


This week I'm looking at Safety Dance by Men Without Hats. I love this song! So upbeat and fun, even if the video looks like a Renaissance faire on acid. Or maybe that's why????    

So what do you think?   

Lyrics

We can dance if we want to 
We can leave your friends behind
Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well they're no friends of mine
Say we can go where we want to
A place where they will never find 
And we can act like we come from out of this world
Leave the real one far behind 

And we can dance

We can go when we want to
The night is young and so am I
And we can dress real neat from our hats to our feet
And surprise 'em with the victory cry 

Say we can act if we want to
If we don't nobody will
And you can act real rude and totally removed
And I can act like an imbecile
Say we can dance 
We can dance everything out of control
We can dance 
We can dance 
We're doing it wall to wall
We can dance 
We can dance
Everybody look at your hands 
We can dance 
We can dance 
Everybody taking the chance
Safety dance
Oh well the safety dance
Ah yes the safety dance 

We can dance if we want to
We've got all your life and mine
As long as abuse it, never gonna lose it
Everything'll work out right 
Say we can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
Cause your friends don't dance and if they don't dance
Well they're no friends of mine 

Say we can dance
We can dance everything out of control
We can dance
We can dance we're doing it wall to wall
We can dance
We can dance everyone look at your hands 
We can dance 
We can dance everybody's taking the chance 

Oh well the safety dance 
Ah yes the safety dance 
Oh well the safety dance 
Oh well the safety dance
Oh yes the safety dance
Oh the safety dance yeah 
 Oh it's the safety dance

Well it's the safety dance 
Oh it's the safety dance
Oh it's the safety dance 
Oh it's the safety dance 

10 comments:

  1. Oh how I remember this song! I was a toddler when it was first release but I remember it being flogged to death in the eighties. They were a bit of a one hit wonder weren't they? Thanks for the flashback Greg and a reminder of how old I am 🤣

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  2. I was convinced I didn't know this song and then I hit play -- totally fun!

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  3. This is one of my all-time favorite songs!!! Every time I hear it it makes me smile. (And dance a little.) :D

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  4. What an 80’s classic this was! I actually loved their other (very minor) hit even more - Pop Goes the World.

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  5. I always liked this song but it never did make much sense. And a Renaissance Fair on Acid - accurate description. Bet it's been done many time in real life ;)

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  6. Fantastic song, great video, and I remember safety dancing all over the place.

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  7. I loved this song and all of my friends made fun of me. Ha ha. 😁

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  8. This song has a way of staying with you. Love it!

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  9. The lyrics are familiar to me but I can't place them! It's an interesting song that's for sure. Is it bad that the guy that's singing reminds me of Jamie from Outlander? >.<
    I think I've been watching too much Outlander lately...

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  10. I have known this song for a long while and I do love it. It is just so freeing and fun. Although the video is so random ahaha. :P

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