Everybody Dances Here The SwampNutz (Fire Cut)

[Start] [Intro – Spoken Female Lead / Club Zydeco Pulse] Listen. We ain’t the biggest band on no billboard. We ain’t got pyros, dancers on cables, or ten stylists arguing over one hat. [pause] But when we hit that groove? Baby... Ooohh BABY! ....everybody dances. [Accordion Stabs] [Beat Drops] [Verse 1 – Female Lead] Door swing open with a bassline shake Rubboard shining like a birthday cake I step to the mic with my gold hoops bright Said, “Who came stiff? Not after tonight.” Old couple from Spain by the back wall standing He got a cane She got pearls outstanding First she said, “No,” then the shoulder said, “Maybe” Next thing you know she done out-stepped baby [Male Vocal – Response] Ayy, señora! [Female Lead] Don’t hurt that floor! [Male Vocal] Ayy, abuelo! [Female Lead] He found one more! [Pre-Chorus] We ain’t famous like them folks on screens We just got sweat and accordion screams Might be stuck deep where the cypress leans But this room got proof what the rhythm means [Chorus] Everybody dances when the SwampNutz play Two-step trouble make your worries stray From Spain to Bristol to Pawtucket way Everybody dances when the SwampNutz play Everybody dances hips don’t lie Even shy folks give the floor a try We may not be fancy We may not be stars But we still make the people forget where they are [Post-Chorus – Call-and-Response] Everybody dances! (Everybody dances!) No still hips! (No still hips!) From the swamp to the city! (Let that groove rip!) [Verse 2 – Female Lead] Twenty-somethings from Bristol came dressed all neat Said, “What’s this music?” then lost both feet One spilled lager One yelled, “Proper!” Now they Zydeco sliding like they born by water Divorcee from Pawtucket came in alone Said, “I don’t dance much,” checking her phone Bass hit low like it knew her name Now she laughing at life and blaming the band Auntie by the bar said, “That girl free.” Bartender yelled, “That’s drink number three.” Tourist from Tokyo cab driver from Queens Everybody moving through the same machine [Male Vocal – Spoken] Now see, that right there is international foolishness. Beautiful. Expensive-looking. Possibly uninsured. [Pre-Chorus] We ain’t famous like them folks on screens We just got sweat and accordion screams Might be stuck deep where the cypress leans But this room got proof what the rhythm means [Chorus] Everybody dances when the SwampNutz play Two-step trouble make your worries stray From Spain to Bristol to Pawtucket way Everybody dances when the SwampNutz play Everybody dances hips don’t lie Even shy folks give the floor a try We may not be fancy We may not be stars But we still make the people forget where they are [Break – Club Rubboard Breakdown] [Female Lead – Spoken] Now if you came in here with emotional luggage... set it by the speaker. [pause] If you came with bad knees... Me too honey! If you came with pride... baby, that’s already gone. [Rubboard Solo] [Accordion Answers] [Female Lead] Bass, talk to ’em! [Bass Locks In] [Bridge – Female Lead] We don’t need the whole wide world to know our name Don’t need a trophy Don’t need no flame We got a room full of people from a thousand roads All speaking dance when the groove unloads Some came lonely Some came tired Some came dressed like their joy retired But a little bit of swamp and a whole lot of beat can put tomorrow under tonight’s feet [Build – Male and Female] [Male Vocal] From Madrid! [Female Lead] To the ward! [Male Vocal] From Bristol! [Female Lead] To the floor! [Male Vocal] Pawtucket! [Female Lead] Don’t sit down! [All] Everybody moving when the Nutz come ’round! [Final Chorus] Everybody dances when the SwampNutz play Two-step trouble make your worries stray From Spain to Bristol out to Pawtucket way Everybody dances when the SwampNutz play Everybody dances hips don’t lie Even shy folks give the floor one try We may not be famous We may not be stars But we still make people forget where they are Everybody dances when the beat gets hot Whole room jumping like the floor got caught Swamp got rhythm Club got game Everybody leaving with a brand-new flame [Outro – Spoken Female Lead / Beat Riding Out] See? Didn’t ask where you came from. Didn’t ask who you knew. Didn’t ask if your shoes had health insurance. [pause] We just played. And. Everybody. Danced! [Accordion Button] [End]