Why Don't We Just Dance

Album: Haywire (2009)
Charted: 35
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  • Baby, why don't we just turn that TV off?
    Three hundred fifteen channels of nothing but bad news on
    Well, it might be me but the way I see it
    The whole wide world has gone crazy
    So baby, why don't we just dance?

    Just a little bitty living room, ain't gonna look like much
    But when the lights go down and we move the couch
    It's gonna be more than enough
    For my two left feet and our two hearts beatin'
    Nobody's gonna see us go crazy
    So baby, why don't we just dance?

    Down the hall, maybe straight up the stairs?
    Bouncing off the wall, floating on air
    Baby, why don't we just dance?

    Baby, why don't you go put your best dress on
    And those high heeled shoes you love to lose
    As soon as the tunes come on?
    On second thought
    Just the way you are
    Is already driving me crazy
    So baby, why don't we just dance?

    Down the hall, maybe straight up the stairs?
    Bouncing off the wall, floating on air
    Baby, why don't we just dance?
    I'll cut a rug

    Well, it might be me but the way I see it
    The whole wide world has gone crazy
    So baby, why don't we just dance?
    (Bouncing off the walls, floating on air)
    Oh baby (baby), why don't we just dance? Writer/s: Darrell Brown, Jim Beavers, Jonathan Singleton
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Dalan from Notacityyet, MtMy wife and I had our 8th anniversary yesterday. When she woke up I played this song and cooked her breakfast.

    Fitting lyrics. My wife has been battling lung cancer and heart disease, and together we have had a constant headache with paperwork and the economy (I keep getting laid off).

    BUT ... for the first time in a long while we laughed at everything and embellished the true meaning of this song!

    We laughed at the video. It was very well done, remind us when mtv and vh1 actually played videos. My wife would think it was great to have Josh follow us around the house but I think it would be creepy, lol !!!

    Guess it is nice to see decent music videos without sex being the main attraction.
  • Nate from Crystal Lake, Ilthis is a great song! i know it's cliche, but if i had to choose a song for me and my girlfriend, this would most definitely be the one! this or would you go with me - josh turner.
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