Dan the Dancer

By Mitski

On Puberty 2

Released on June 17, 2016

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[Verse 1]

Dan had very long limbs

From leading day to day

Hanging onto a cliff

That stretched him every day

And when she'd ask to hold hands

He would smile, and

Let one of his hands go

His whole life in one hand

His whole life


[Verse 2]

And when he'd say, "Goodnight," and

Leave her doorstep

He'd use his last strength

To wave back

And once back in his room

Once back in his room

He'd return his waving hand

Back to its cliff


[Pre-Chorus]

He liked her more than life itself

I'm sure


[Chorus]

'Cause Dan had never danced outside of his room

When no one was home and he would start to hear the door

So when he moved with you and felt his body let go

Of course, you couldn't know

It was you and you alone that he had

Shown his bedroom dancer to

Shown his bedroom dancer to

Shown his bedroom dancer to

Shown his bedroom dancer to

Shown his bedroom dancer to

Shown his bedroom dancer to


[Outro]

And he would never tell you that it was his first time