Dancing with the Dead on a Friday Night

Intro

(Well now folks gather round let me tell you a tale)

(About a night in the graveyard that went off the rails)

(Here we go)

Verse 1

Me and my cousin Earl was headed to the club

The one down on Route 9 called The Rusty Tub

We had our dancing shoes and a cooler full of pop

When the radio DJ said the dead won't stop

I laughed so hard I nearly wrecked the car

Earl said buddy boy you ain't heard nothing yet by far

We pulled up to the lot and the door was hanging loose

And a fella with one arm was doing something like a noose

Pre-Chorus

Now I ain't one to panic and I ain't one to run

But that fella had a smile and he was missing half a tongue

The bouncer took my money with a hand that wasn't there

And the band on the stage played a song about despair

Chorus

So we danced with the dead on a Friday night

Shaking our bones in the strobe light

They don't need a beat they just need a bite

Dancing with the dead till the morning light

Post-Chorus

Brains brains shuffle to the left

Brains brains shuffle to the right

Brains brains everybody now

Dance with the dead all night

Verse 2

Well the singer had a voice like a rusty screen door

And the drummer kept time with a femur on the floor

A girl in a prom dress asked me for a twirl

Her head spun around like a weathervane swirl

I said ma'am I'm flattered but I got a wife

She said honey that don't matter when you're missing your life

Earl was in the corner doing the monster mash

With a fella who was nothing but a pile of ash

Pre-Chorus

The fog machine coughed up something green and thick

And the floor started moving like a great big tick

Somebody hollered last call but the bar was a tomb

And the bathroom line was longer than the line to the womb

Chorus

So we danced with the dead on a Friday night

Shaking our bones in the strobe light

They don't need a beat they just need a bite

Dancing with the dead till the morning light

Post-Chorus

Brains brains shuffle to the left

Brains brains shuffle to the right

Brains brains everybody now

Dance with the dead all night

Bridge

Well the sheriff showed up with a flashlight and a frown

Said boys I think it's time that you got out of town

But the sheriff had a hole where his badge used to shine

And he asked me real polite if his arm could be mine

I said no sir thank you kindly I'm a married man

He said that's a shame I'm a big fan

Earl grabbed my sleeve and he hollered let's go

And we ran through the crowd like a picture show

Verse 3

We made it to the truck with our shoes full of slime

Doing ninety down the highway in three-quarter time

Earl said cousin I believe I've had enough

I said buddy that's the last time we go dancing in the rough

But the strangest part the part that gives me chills

Is the song still playing in the Tennessee hills

And every Friday night when the moon hangs low

You can hear old Earl hollering let's go

Chorus

So we danced with the dead on a Friday night

Shaking our bones in the strobe light

They don't need a beat they just need a bite

Dancing with the dead till the morning light

Post-Chorus

Brains brains shuffle to the left

Brains brains shuffle to the right

Brains brains everybody now

Dance with the dead all night

Outro

(One more time now)

Brains brains

(Everybody)

Brains brains

(That's the story folks)

Dance with the dead all night