Dance Australia Dance

Intro

Instrumental Intro

INTRO VERSE

Ha. ha. ha. ha. still alive, I'm still alive... Ha. ha. ha. ha. still alive,

I'm still alive...

Saturday night...

Platform shoes on timber floors...

Sydney to Adelaide.

Brisbane to Melbourne.

(Everybody's heading out!) [VERSE 1]

The sun went down on a summer Saturday,

Kings Cross glowing in a neon cabaret,

HQ Holdens lined up by the kerb,

Every bloke in town tryin to get the nerve.

Down at the surf club, word got around,

Big dance tonight on the edge of town,

Girls in seequins, blokes in flared jeans,

Sharp as you've ever seen an Aussie scene.

Milk bar jukebox pumping out the sound,

Footsteps echoing on polished ground,

Nobody checking clocks, nobody in a rush,

The whole room moving when the drummer starts to crush.

PRE-CHORUS

And the radio said,

"Everybody get down,"

From the city lights

To the country towns.

CHORUS

Dance, dance, Australia dance,

Under the mirror ball, take your chance,

From Bondye Beach to old St Kilda way,

We're burning up the floor till break of day.

Dance, dance, Australia dance,

Every spinning record starts a new romance,

1971 and we're feeling alive,

Saturday night and the whole country's vibing.

VERSE 2

Adelaide halls and Brisbane pavilions,

Packed so tight you'd swear there were millions,

Town hall ceilings shaking with the beat,

Everybody moving from their head to their feet.

Down in Footscray, over Parramatta,

Every local DJ trying to make it matter,

Needle drops, crowd pops, speakers running hot,

Nobody cares about tomorrow, not a lot.

The dance floor's glowing like a carnival ride,

Everybody shoulder-to-shoulder side by side,

A hundred different stories in a single room,

All exploding

VERSE 3

The band hits hard and the room erupts,

Every table empty because nobody sits up,

Sweat on the brow but the smiles stay bright,

The dance floor turning into pure daylight.

Across the Nullarbor the story's the same,

Different postcode, same Saturday flame,

Everybody chasing that magical spark,

Trying to keep the party going after dark.

PRE-CHORUS

And the radio said,

"Everybody get down,"

From the city lights

To the country towns.

CHORUS

Dance, dance, Australia dance,

Under the mirror ball, take your chance,

From Bondeye Beach to old St Kilda way,

We're burning up the floor till break of day.

Dance, dance, Australia dance,

Every spinning record starts a new romance,

1971 and we're feeling alive,

Saturday night and the whole country's vibing.

VERSE 4

Last call coming but nobody leaves,

Still got rhythm tucked up in their sleeves,

Taxi lights waiting by the roadside lane,

Everybody knows they'll do it all again.

Sunday morning's only hours away,

But tonight belongs to the songs we play,

One more chorus and one more spin,

One more chance for the whole room to win.

CHORUS

Dance, dance, Australia dance,

Under the mirror ball, take your chance,

From Bondye Beach to old St Kilda way,

We're burning up the floor till break of day.

Dance, dance, Australia dance,

Every spinning record starts a new romance,

1971 and we're feeling alive,

Saturday night and the whole country's vibing.

REPEAT CHORUS

Dance, dance, Australia dance,

Under the mirror ball, take your chance,

From Bondye Beach to old St Kilda way,

We're burning up the floor till break of day.

Dance, dance, Australia dance,

Every spinning record starts a new romance,

1971 and we're feeling alive,

Saturday night and the whole country's vibing.

OUTRO

Mirror ball fading...

Streetlights glowing...

Holdens rolling into the dawn...

1971...

Australia danced...

And the night never wanted to end...