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Dance Soterios Johnson Dance Tab

by Jonathan Coulton


Into: , 
    
                                      
A voice like honey, no one else could fill his shoes
                                                 
The time and the weather, the headlines and the local news
                                  
He lays it down with perfection and grace
                                   
Done by noon, he goes home to his place
                                         
Where he sleeps and he waits for the night

                                             
Just before midnight he gets up, gets out of bed
                                           
A can of Red Bull, a tab of X to clear his head
                                       
He shoots his cuffs, now he’s headed downtown
                                     
Picks up one life, puts another one down
                           
And his body hums and the music’s playing


Chorus:
                         
Dance, Soterios Johnson, dance
                              
It’s a cold world, nobody understands
                         
The feeling you can’t keep inside
                    
Go, Soterios Johnson, go
                                            
All the club kids are watching your glowstick glow
                                 
With the light of a truth you can’t hide
                                                
That the news is the news, but the dance goes on forever


                                          
He shimmies his shoulders, undulates his slender hips
                              
Arms akimbo, Jaggeresque, he pouts his lips
                                
A circle forms, everybody comes 'round
                             
Just to hear the incredible sound
                          
Of a genius smashing expectations


[Chorus]

Bridge:
                     
He’s dancing, he’s a machine
                              
Like no one, that they’ve ever seen
                                   
He’s flying, he’s living a dream_______

                                          
The magic fades as the sun comes up, it’s time he goes
                                                    
A hand on his shoulder, he turns around: it’s Teri Gross
                                    
He takes her hand, spins her body just so
                                     
He holds her close, he will never let go
                            
As the room explodes, they dance like angels


chorus:
                        
Dance, Soterios Johnson, dance
                               
It’s a cold world, nobody understands
                         
The feeling you can’t keep inside
                     
Go, Soterios Johnson, go
                                            
All the club kids are watching your glowstick glow
                                 
With the light of a truth you can’t hide
                                  
That the news is the news, but the dance goes on
                                  
That the news is the news, but the dance goes on

                                                 
That the news is the news, but the dance goes on forever