Friction! Lyrics - Singles - The Good Life

Friction 

nightclubs, nightstalkers 

fast women, fast talkers 

loose lips, loose limbs 

the lovely loveless 

sunset to sunrise 

black dresses, black eyes 

tangles of tangos 

hot hands, hot thighs 

why can I never get you? 

theres a sea of bodies between us. 

I recall the first time i saw you - 

not a dance hall - but a crowded bus. 

pressed against the scent of stale sweat - 

friction! 

vampires and witches 

steal bloody red kisses 

in go-go boots, itailin suits; 

they always dress to kill. 

they spin their umbrellas, 

they dance a tarantella.. 

but im not here for them 

I only come here to watch you. 

I want to make your acquaintance, 

to escort - to be a gentleman. 

I want to rub up against you.. 

like those scoundrels - 

like those wolves do. 

they run in packs - 

in saabs and SUVS. 

oh, these pounding dance clubs. 

this friction between us. 

how you throw your body, 

its so moving.. 

but never toward me. 

still, I always seem to read 

between the beat.