Ballroom Blitz - Sweet

Are you ready, Steve? Aha! Andy? Yeah! Mick? Ok. All right, fellas, let's go! Well, it's been getting so hard Livin' with the things you do to me My dreams are getting so strange I'd like to tell you everything I see I see a man at the back as a matter of fact His eyes are red as the sun And a girl in the corner let no one ignore her 'Cause she thinks she's the passionate one Oh, yeah, it was like lightning, everybody was frightening And the music was soothing, and they all started grooving Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And the man at the back said everyone attack And it turned into a ballroom blitz And the girl in the corner said boy, I wanna warn ya It'll turn into a ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Oh, I'm reaching out for something Touching nothing's all I ever do Oh, I softly call you over When you appear there's nothing left of you Now the man in the back Is ready to crack as he raises his hands to the sky And the girl in the corner is everyone's mourner She could kill you with a wink of her eye Oh yeah, it was electric, so frantically hectic And the band started leaving, 'cause they all stopped breathing Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And the man at the back said everyone attack And it turned into a ballroom blitz And the girl in the corner said boy, I wanna warn ya It'll turn into a ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Blitz Blitz Blitz Oh yeah, it was like lightning, everybody was frightening And the music was soothing, 'cause they all started grooving Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And the man at the back said everyone attack And it turned into a ballroom blitz And the girl in the corner said boy, I wanna warn ya It'll turn into a ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Oh yeah, it was like lightning, everybody was frightening And the music was soothing, and they all started grooving Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And the man at the back said everyone attack And it turned into a ballroom blitz And the girl in the corner said boy, I wanna warn ya It'll turn into a ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz Ballroom blitz It's, it's a ballroom blitz It's, it's a ballroom blitz It's, it's a ballroom blitz Yeah, it's a ballroom blitz

Where were you in sixty eight In sixty eight Julie was Johnnie's date Two kids growing together Living each day as if time was slipping away Oh, they were just sixteen And their love a teenage dream They passed the time, they crossed the line The line that ran between Julie and Johnnie now you've made it But life goes on, you know it ain't easy You've just gotta be strong if you're one of the sixteens And life goes on, you know, you know it ain't easy You know you'll never go wrong 'Cause you're all part of the sixteens Suzie and Davey got to make the big time Maybe they can put it all together in a show that lasts forever Oh they would walk the strip at nights And dream they saw their name in lights On Desolation Boulevard they'll light the faded light Suzie and Davey you can make it But life goes on, you know it ain't easy You've just gotta be strong if you're one of the sixteens And life goes on, you know, you know it ain't easy You know you'll never go wrong 'Cause you're all part of the sixteens So where were you in sixty eight When Bobby and Billy thought That sixty eight was out of date They took the flowers from their hair And tried to make us all aware Too bad, too late So they lived from day to day And tried to do it all their way But sixty eight was sixty eight No matter what they say Bobby and Billy, maybe you'll make it one day But life goes on, you know it ain't easy You've just gotta be strong if you're one of the sixteens And life goes on, you know, you know it ain't easy You know you'll never go wrong 'Cause you're all And life goes on, you know, you know it ain't easy You know you'll never go wrong 'Cause you're all part of the sixteens