I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters

Blurb:

"I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" is the first single from the second album by the Pop band Scissor Sisters, Ta-Dah. It was co-written by Elton John, who provides piano for the song, and was the band's first top ten single in Australia and Canada.

The single was made available on most download services on July 19 and was released as a CD single on September 4.

It became the band's first UK Number 1 single and topped the charts for five consecutive weeks.

The song's tempo, arrangement, use of falsetto vocals, and subject matter have been compared by reviewers in The Guardian and The Sun newspapers to Leo Sayer's 1977 hit "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing."

One of the band members mentioned in a UK radio interview that the song is about staying in at home at night instead of going out.

The song's music video consists of a collage of film references, sometimes featuring band members in film roles, other times featuring random actors. This is intermixed with the band performing against psychedelic backdrop throughout the video.

Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
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Scroll and Sing:
Wake up in the morning with a head like ‘what ya done?’
This used to be the life but I don’t need another one.
You like cutting up and carrying on you wear them gowns.
So how come I feel so lonely when you’re up getting down?

So I play along when I hear that special song
I’m gonna be the one who gets it right.
You better know when you’re swinging round the room
Look’s like the magic’s solely yours tonight

But I don’t feel like dancing
When the old Joanna plays
My heart could take a chance
But my two feet can’t find a way
You'd think that I could muster up a little soft shoe, gentle sway
But I don’t feel like dancin’
No sir, no dancin’ today.

Don’t feel like dancin’, dancin’
Even if i find nothin' better to do
Don’t feel like dancin’, dancin’
Why'd you pick a tune when I’m not in the mood?
Don’t feel like dancin’, dancin’
I'd Rather be home with the one in the bed till dawn with you

Cities come and cities go just like the old empires
When all you do is change your clothes and call that versatile.
You got so many colours make a blind man so confused.
So why can’t I keep up when you’re the only thing I'd lose?

I’ll just pretend that I know which way to bend
I’m gonna tell the whole world that you’re mine.
Please understand, when I see you clap your hands
If you stick around I’m sure that I'll be fine.

But I don’t feel like dancin’
When the old Joanna plays
My heart could take a chance
But my two feet can’t find a way
You think that I could muster up a little soft shoe gentle sway
But I don’t feel like dancin’
No sir, no dancin’ today.

Don’t feel like dancin’, dancin’
Even if i find nothin' better to do
Don’t feel like dancin’, dancin’
Why'd you pick a tune when I’m not in the mood?
Don’t feel like dancin’, dancin’
Rather be home with no one if i can't get down with you.

You can’t make me dance around. But your two-step makes my chest pound.
Just lay me down as you float away into the shimmer light.

But I don’t feel like dancin’
When the old Joanna plays
My heart could take a chance
But my two feet can’t find a way
You'd think that I could muster up a little soft shoe gentle sway
But I don’t feel like dancin’
No sir, no dancin’ today.

Don’t feel like dancin’, dancin’
Even if i find nothin' better to do
Don’t feel like dancin’, dancin’
Why'd you pick a tune when I’m not in the mood?
Don’t feel like dancin’, dancin’
Rather be home with no one if i can't get down with you.
(repeat)