Lyrics to Do You Wanna Dance?

This version of Do You Wanna Dance? was released by Ramones in 1977.

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Do you wanna dance and hold my hand?
Tell me baby I’m your lover man
Oh baby, do you wanna dance?

Do you do you do you do you wanna dance
Do you do you do you do you wanna dance
Do you do you do you do you wanna dance

Well do you wanna dance under the moonlight?
Squeeze me baby all through the night
Oh baby, do you wanna dance?

Well do you wanna dance under the moonlight?
Squeeze me baby all through the night
Oh baby, do you wanna dance

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About Lyrics and Do You Wanna Dance? by Ramones

The lyrics to Do You Wanna Dance? are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Ramones used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Do You Wanna Dance? have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Ramones and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Do You Wanna Dance? by Ramones. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Do You Wanna Dance?" means the words set to the music of Do You Wanna Dance?, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Ramones. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Do You Wanna Dance? and the lyrics to Do You Wanna Dance? are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Ramones who came here looking just for the lyrics to Do You Wanna Dance?, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.