# EVERYBODY FREEZE [116 BPM, D Major, 4/4] [No traditional pre-chorus] [Lead range: F#3–A4, rare brief B4 optional] [Cold Open – Temple Blocks, Marimba and Handclaps] [Voice 3 – Playful] Don’t move [Voice 2 – Dry] Too late [All – Tight Unison] Everybody freeze [Two-Beat Full-Band Stop] [Verse 1 – Four-Way Vocal Handoff] [Voice 1 – Smoky Lead] Saturday under the cinema sign You stood in the queue, pretending not to look at mine [Voice 2 – Cool Alto] Black-and-white jacket, peppermint grin You let three people pass so I could catch up again [Voice 3 – Bright Mezzo] You tapped your shoe, I copied it back You raised one eyebrow like a secret attack [Voice 4 – Soft Upper Voice] The ticket girl waited, change in her hand Nobody moved, but nobody planned it [Chorus – Full Band, Warm Low Harmonies] Everybody freeze Hold that smile right there One look across the street And you catch me unaware Everybody freeze Let the whole town lose a beat We can make one little second Last longer than a week [All – Clipped] Freeze Not yet Freeze Okay, go [Percussion Turnaround – Marimba, Cowbell and Fretless Bass] [Verse 2 – Short Rhythmic Exchanges] [Voice 2] Corner café, quarter past four [Voice 3] You wrote “meet me” in the steam on the door [Voice 1] I drew a question mark, you drew a heart [Voice 4] Then the waitress froze with the pie cart [Voice 3] A boy on a bicycle lifted one hand [Voice 2] The bus at the crossing forgot where it ran [Voice 1] You leaned in close, but not close enough [All – Low Harmony] And the whole high street got stuck on us [Chorus – Added Handclaps] Everybody freeze Hold that smile right there One look across the street And you catch me unaware Everybody freeze Let the whole town lose a beat We can make one little second Last longer than a week [Post-Chorus – Call and Response] [Voice 3] Who started this? [Voice 2] You did [Voice 3] Who said I cared? [Voice 1] You did [All] Who’s going to move first? [Voice 4 – Softly] Nobody yet [Instrumental Break – Eight Bars] [Marimba and palm-muted guitar trade short phrases] [Timbales answer each phrase] [Full-band stop on bars four and eight] [Verse 3 – Smoky Lead with Band Responses] You stole my sunglasses, wore them too low (Too low) Walked like you knew something I didn’t know (You know) I said, “Give them back,” you said, “Come and see” (Come and see) Then backed through the doorway, counting to three (One, two, three) The radio changed when you touched the dial The whole room waited on your crooked smile No grand declaration, no perfect line Just your hand finding mine at exactly the right time [Short Chorus – Half-Time] Everybody freeze Don’t explain a thing Leave the words behind us Let the shop-door bell ring Everybody freeze Keep the moment where it is I don’t need tomorrow While tonight feels like this [Breakdown – Bass, Finger Snaps and Spoken-Sung Handoffs] [Voice 2] Streetlight [Voice 3] Blue shoes [Voice 4] One glance [Voice 1] Good news [Voice 2] No plans [Voice 3] No sleep [All – Low Tight Unison] One, two, three— [Full Band] Freeze! [Final Chorus – Two-Part Lead Handoff, Then Full Harmony] [Voice 1] Everybody freeze Hold that smile right there [Voice 3] One look across the street And you catch me unaware [Voices 2 and 4] Everybody freeze Let the whole town lose a beat [All] We can make one little second Last longer than a week Everybody freeze Let the clocks go running past We don’t have to call it love We just have to make it last Everybody freeze For the trouble and the thrill The whole world can keep moving But I’m standing with you still [Final Hook – Tight Unison with Low Harmony Answers] Freeze (Stay where you are) Not yet (Don’t go too far) Freeze (You looked at me) Okay, go (But slowly) [Outro – Marimba, Combo Organ and Light Band Chatter] [Voice 1 – Low and Close] Same place tomorrow? [Voice 3 – Teasing] Only if you catch me [All – Soft Low Harmony] Everybody freeze
