[Verse 1: Northern-soul male lead, rattling snare backbeat, tambourine] Halloween night and the Orchid Rooms on the hill Boarded up for fifty years but the side door's open still Got my good shoes in a bag and a speaker on my back Squeezed in through the plywood where the boards begin to crack Thought I'd have the floor alone, just me and one old song But the lights were on, the room was full, the band was going strong Hundred dancers spinning in the wide-leg trousers and the pleats Girls in polka dots and boys with talc across their feet [Pre-Chorus: Northern-soul male lead, walking bass climbing] She took my hand before I said a word Spun me like the floor was hers [Hook: Northern-soul male lead, shouting the hook over the snare backbeat] Spin me till six and don't let go Backdrop, high kick, give the room a show When the lights come up and the band goes home Spin me till six, don't leave me on my own [Verse 2: Northern-soul male lead, tremolo guitar, kick under every step] Every record that they played, I never heard a single one Every rare side ever pressed, and they still had me stunned Her hands were cold as window glass, she smelled like summer rain Never told me her name, she just spun me round again Backdrop on the downbeat and she's up before the snare Never seen a girl move like there wasn't any air Clock above the bandstand had its hands stuck at a quarter to Didn't care, I didn't care, I'd have danced the whole year through [Pre-Chorus: Northern-soul male lead, walking bass climbing] She took my hand before I said a word Spun me like the floor was hers [Hook: Northern-soul male lead, shouting the hook over the snare backbeat] Spin me till six and don't let go Backdrop, high kick, give the room a show When the lights come up and the band goes home Spin me till six, don't leave me on my own [Bridge: Northern-soul male lead, snare-roll launch, two bars of snare roll as she spins him faster] Faster, faster, round and round Talc in the air and my feet off the ground [Verse 3: Northern-soul male lead, the band back on the one, tambourine flying] Six o'clock the lights came up and the room was cold and gray Not a single dancer left, the band had gone away Dust across the whole floor, an inch thick and untouched Just my own two sets of footprints spinning circles in the dust On the wall beside the door, a poster faded brown Last all-nighter at the Orchid, right before they shut it down Photo of the whole crowd, the last night on the floor And there she is in polka dots, right in the front, by the door [Final Hook: Northern-soul male lead, shouting it, the whole band hitting every beat] Spin me till six and don't let go Backdrop, high kick, give the room a show When the lights come up and the band goes home Spin me till six, don't leave me on my own [End]
