Multiple vocalists trade verses about wanting music and dancing, repeatedly asking the DJ "Can you hear me now?" and chanting "On and on." The lyrics play with a transactional angle, negotiating payment for dancing in a call-and-response structure that builds through repetition and layered voices.
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I can dance to.
On and on, spin my world like a record now.
On and on, give me something I can dance to, something I can count on.
On and on, spin my world like a record now. On and on, I need something I can dance to.
And every night I pray you'd let me. Can you hear me now, DJ? You go tomorrow, but just let the music play. Just let me, just let the music play. Let the music play. I could be dancing I could be dancing all night if you pay. I will be dancing, I will be doing all right if you pay.
I need something I can turn to now and then to Take me out, out and out, on and on. I need something I can turn to, something I can count in.
Day and night, on and on, like a record now. Out and out, I need something I can dance to.
And every night I pray you let me.
Can you hear me now, DJ?
You know I'm too old, but just let the music play.
Just let me, just let the music play.
Let the music play.
I will be dancing, I will be dancing all night If you would pay, I would be dancing.
